I first wrote this post in 26 November 2011. Since then, some services have been discontinued, and new ones started. So I’ve updated it to reflect current offerings.
A researcher portal is a website that attempts to list all the publications of a given researcher, and calculate citation statistics, etc. Every researcher wants their work read and cited, so these websites can be useful tools for getting your work noticed. Conversely, they can be a good way to find new work by researchers in your field.
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