How a paper can get cited quickly?

After writing a paper the most important problem that a researcher faces is citation of references. As he has worked from different sites and has reviewed hundreds of research and compiling them together always gets problematic.

Here we will review how a paper can get cited quickly from a researcher’s point of view. Following are the points which play an important role in getting citations quickly for a paper

1) The title is short and has important keywords in it.

The title is the first thing that people read when they are searching for citations so if your title is attractive and eye-catching you have won the game.

• Keep your title short and clear.
• A title of more than 15 words is often considered lengthy.
• Optimize your content for your keyword.
• Add that keyword to the title of your research.
• Avoid overstuffing of keywords.
• Be specific while writing a title.
• Don’t confuse your reader with non specific details.

2) The paper is published in high-quality journals, conferences or workshops:

Your reputation of paper depends on which journal or conference you have submitted your paper. Select high quality journal because:

• It will help you get cited easily.
• Due to reputation of high quality journal they have very strict rules and regulation regarding publishing an article so if you article is published it means your article is credible.
• Impact factor of your article will increase few fold once it get published.

3) Paper is free to access:

If your paper is freely available it will increase your readability and thus will increase your chances of getting cited more.

• Your audience will have a free access that will ensure regular visits of people to read your article. As people pays alot to get through paywall and access articles but here if you are providing them this article for free then it will increases chances more and more for it to get cited.
• You will have global audience.
• Other people will collaborate with you because of your free availability of article.

4) The paper is published by a famous/reputable person in that specific area of research:

If you have a co-author who happens to be a good researcher. It a good point because your article will be well written so it will get cited.

• It will increase credibility of your research.
• Researchers have a wide network of people that love to read thus will increase your readability.
• Experience of your co-author will improve quality of your research paper.

5) The research group or the University of the Authors is famous for that research area.

Affiliation with good university can be good in your favour as they will help you get your paper published in good research journal as well as they will help in following things:

• It will increase reputation of your research thus will more likely be cited.
• Global visibility of your research paper will increase.
• You will get many opportunity for getting collaboration with others.

Conclusion:

Citing paper is not easy but if you follow these steps not only your paper will be cited, it will also earn you collaboration with teams.