Researchers@EVMS Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find out more about the website?
Basic Instructions, Features, and Introductory Videos are avalable on the Researchers@EVMS Information Page.For Site Visitors
What is the Researchers@EVMS website?
Researchers@EVMS is powered by VIVO, an open-source software platform developed by Cornell as part of an NIH grant. It is used to highlight research accomplishments and promote research collaboration by gathering various research-related information and using the metadata it contains to create and display visualizations that highlight the scientific disciplines involved in, as well as the institutional co-author relationships resulting from, a given researcher’s work.Why might I want to use the Researchers@EVMS site?
- Browse the expertise of EVMS researchers
- Locate potential collaborators
- Find a mentor or researcher who offers research opportunities for students
What are some important things to know about the information contained in the researcher profiles and the Researchers@EVMS site in general?
- Researchers@EVMS does not include all EVMS faculty, only those participating in research.
- Some pages or sections have a small, rectangular “more” button. Be sure to click this button to see all entries for that section.
- It should be noted that some profile information is provided by the researchers themselves and can be readily updated. However, some publication-related profile information is auto-populated by publication data from the Web of Science and PubMed systems. Although we have done our best to ensure only accurate information is posted on the site, as with any automated process there is a possibility for errors and omissions to occur. Also, because there is a time lag involved in both publication data posting and with ensuring each data update contains accurate information, initially the profiles will likely be updated semi-annually. This may result in the omission of recent publication information until another site update occurs. In the future, the update frequency may increase.
- The Co-author Network visualization tool only contains other EVMS Researchers who have a Researchers@EVMS profile; therefore, the researcher’s co-author network may actually include additional members. Co-authorships that occur with EVMS faculty that do not have a Researchers@EVMS profile or with external collaborators are not able to be presented in the visualization.
What are some good ways to find an EVMS research collaborator or mentor?
- Using the menu bar, you can:
- Browse by the Researchers tab
- Browse by the Research Areas tab
- Browse by the Department tab
- Type a subject or name into the search bar
- On a particular researcher’s page, you can view the Co-author Network and/or Map of Science visualizations on the right side of the page. These tools can lead to other EVMS researchers with similar or complimentary expertise - names and categories in these visualizations are clickable links.
- Click around. Most items in blue text are clickable links, as are names and categories in the visualizations.
For EVMS Researchers
What is the Researchers@EVMS website?
Researchers@EVMS is powered by VIVO, an open-source software platform developed by Cornell as part of an NIH grant. It is used to highlight research accomplishments and promote research collaboration by gathering various research-related information and using the metadata it contains to create and display visualizations that highlight the scientific disciplines involved in, as well as the institutional co-author relationships resulting from, a given researcher’s work.What are some of the intended uses for the Researcher@EVMS website?
- Enhance availability of research interests information - Serve as a platform for EVMS researchers to browse the expertise and research interests of EVMS other researchers so they can inform themselves of what research is happening on campus
- Facilitate research collaborations and formation of research teams - Serve as a platform for EVMS researchers to locate other EVMS researcher as potential collaborators
- Enable student involvement in research - Serve as a platform for EVMS students to locate a mentor or researcher who offers research opportunities for students
Who is included in Researchers@EVMS?
At this time, Researchers@EVMS includes full-time EVMS faculty that are involved in research. If you are a full-time faculty member involved in research but were not included, and would like to be, please send a request to EVMSResearch@evms.edu.If I don’t have a profile, how can I get one?
If you are a full-time faculty member involved in research, send a profile request to EVMSResearch@evms.edu.Where does my profile information come from?
There are two sources of profile information: automatic and faculty-provided. The automatically-sourced information includes information pulled from publications in the Web of Science and PubMed platforms. The remaining profile information is provided by faculty directly.How often are the profiles updated?
The Researchers@EVMS website project is still in its infancy, so processes are still being worked out. It is thought that initially, the profiles will likely be updated at least semi-annually, possibly becoming more frequent in the coming years.Why aren’t all of my publications listed on my profile?
- Publications are loaded automatically from Web of Science and PubMed. Although the process uses a specific algorithm to disambiguate EVMS faculty members from other authors with the same name, this is an automatic process and is therefore not without error. You may find that the system includes publications that do not belong to you, or that it misses publications that do belong to you. If you notice errors or omissions, please send a notice to EVMSResearch@evms.edu.
- The publication is too recent. There is a time lag involved in both publication data posting and with ensuring each data update contains accurate information. This may result in the omission of recent publication information until another site update occurs.