General Faculty and Staff guide to using Watermark Faculty Success
How do I:
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Import my publications from a third party, such as Crossref, PubMed, or ORCID?
From the "Activities" page, click on the "Publications" screen under "Scholarship/Research." Select "Import" and under "Import from a Third Party" select either Crossref, PubMed, or ORCID from which to import your publications, enter your name, and click on "Search."
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Import my publications from another software database (e.g., Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, Google Scholar) using a BibTeX file?
From the "Activities" page, click on the "Publications" screen under "Scholarship/Research." Select "Import" and under "Import from a BibTeX file" select the database from which you would like to import your publications (click on the ? to find out how to create a BibTeX file for any of those databases). Log in to the database, create the BibTeX file of your publications, and save the BibTeX file on your computer as a plain text file (.txt). Then click on "Choose File" and select the BibTeX file you saved.
You may also upload a BibTeX file from any other database in which a BibTeX file can be created of your publications (e.g., NASA's ADS system).
ResearchGate does not currently allow members to create BibTeX files of their publication citations.
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Manually enter new publications?
From the Activities page, click on "Publications" under Scholarship/Research. Select "Add New" and enter the appropriate information for that publication. To add authors, click on the "Actions" drop down button and add row above to add an author before you and add row below to add authors below you.
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Enter manuscripts in preparation or that have been submitted for publication manually?
From the Activities page, click on "Publications" under Scholarship/Research. Select "Add New" and enter the appropriate information for that manuscript. To add authors, click on the "Actions" drop down button and add row above to add an author before you and add row below to add authors below you.
Remember that you can click on any publication from your "Publications" screen to edit that entry. So once your manuscript has been accepted, you can add that date. Once your manuscript has been published, you can also add that date.
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Manually enter my other activities?
From the "Activities" page, select the appropriate screen for the activities you are entering. Click on "Add New" and enter the appropriate information for that activity.
Please note that you do NOT need to fill in every cell / answer every question on an activity page.
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Create a basic report using my own data?
Click on the "Rapid Reports" button in the top right of the "Activities" page. Select the report you wish to generate from the "Report" dropdown menu (e.g., Annual Activity Report, Vita). Indicate the start and end dates for the data you want included on the report and select the file format from the dropdown menu (.doc, .pdf, or .html). Then click on "Run Report."
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Submit my FAR?
Please click on the following PDF tutorial, which covers the FAR process from faculty submission to Chair and Dean evaluations.
Where do I:
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Enter my workload information for each academic year?
From the "Activities" page, click on the "Workload Information" screen under "Administrative Data" (at the bottom of the page). Click on "Add New," select the appropriate academic year from the dropdown menu, and enter your workload percentages as appropriate.
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Enter the languages in which I am fluent?
This information can be entered on the "Biography and Expertise" screen at the bottom of the screen.
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Indicate peer evaluations of my teaching that have taken place?
When a peer observes and evaluates your teaching, you can enter this information on the "Peer Evaluation of Teaching" Screen under "Teaching/Mentoring." Indicate the term during which you are teaching the course, the date of the observation or review, the course being evaluated, and the name of the person who observed/evaluated your teaching. You may also upload a copy of the peer evaluation of your teaching.
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List ongoing research activities that have not yet been presented or published?
Any ongoing research can be listed on the "Research Activity" page under "Scholarship/Research."
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Indicate that students were involved in a presentation, publication, or research project?
All of the screens under "Scholarship/Research" have a place to indicate whether an author, presenter, collaborator, or co-investigator is an undergraduate or graduate student where individuals involved in the project are listed.
Video Tutorials:
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Where to list various faculty activities in WFS
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How to import and manually enter your publications
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How to manually add activities
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How to use the CV Imports tool
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"Research Activities" screen
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"Peer Review of Teaching" screen
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How to enter your workload information