These resources offer more insight on keeping up to date with new research.

• Emerging reputation mechanisms for scholars (Nicholas et al. 2015)
  • "A literature-based theoretical framework of scholarly activities and a state-of-the-art appraisal of the social networking services used by scholars, to build, maintain and showcase their reputations"

• Keeping up to date: An academic researcher's information journey (Pontis et al. 2015)
  • A study on the various methods researchers employ to stay up to date using an "information journey" model.

• Keeping up with the journals (Nature)

  • Applicable to all fields of study

For more information on using social media for research, see this guide:

For more information on searching in Google Scholar, see this guide: