In this phase, researchers can bring attention to their findings by doing outreach to fellow researchers in the discipline. Building a research/professional profile and network with others are also common activities in this phase.
ORCID provides a persistent and unique identifier for researchers to use with their name as they engage in research and scholarship activities. ORCID is adopted by a wide range of publishers, funders and institutions, and can be used when submitting a paper to a journal, in citation databases such as Web of Science and Scopus to pull together the citations to your publications.
Create a Web of Science Researcher Profile allows you to view Citation Metrics which includes h-index based on your publications in Web of Science. It can be synced with ORCID to save time in updating multiple profiles.
Carrd is a site-building platform (similar to WordPress or Squarespace) that specializes in one-page websites. It provides templates such as profile pages or portfolio pages. It is free, but more sophisticated features will be available via subscription.
