• Who can view RTRN Profiles?
• How do I login to RTRN Profiles?
• How do I edit my Profile?
• What are the sources of data for RTRN Profiles?
• What are the lists of networks on the right side of my profile?
• Why are there missing or incorrect publications in my profile?
• How frequently are the data in the profiles updated?
• Can I edit my keywords, co-authors, or list of similar people?
• How can I create or edit “my network”?

Who can view RTRN Profiles?

• RTRN Profiles is searchable by people both from RCMI community and outside the RCMI community.

How do I edit my Profile?

• To edit your profile, click the Edit My Profile link on the left sidebar. You will be prompted to login with your user name and password.
• Your profile is divided into several sections: directory information, photo, awards and honors, narrative, and publications.
• You can display or hide each section, except directory information, by clicking the hide/show links.
• You can upload a custom photo and also edit the content in the awards, narrative, and publications sections.
• Keywords are derived automatically from the PubMed articles listed with your profile. You cannot edit keywords directly, but you can improve these lists by keeping your publications up to date.
• Contact us if you have questions about editing your profile.

What are the sources of data for RTRN Profiles?

• All data shown by default on this website are currently available on other public websites.
• Directory information was obtained from the RTRN Sicentists directory System
• Publications are derived from the MEDLINE/PubMed citation database.

What are the lists of networks on the right side of my profile?

• The lists at the right side of a profile page are passive networks that are formed automatically when people share common traits, such as being in the same department.
• The profiles also provide a summary of the expertise represented in a person’s publications.
• This summary is organized in a series of MeSH terms used by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to index the MEDLINE publications in each UCSF profile.
• Lists of keywords, co-authors and similar people at RCMI are derived from publications and are created automatically based on the MeSH terms.
• Department lists are determined automatically and reflect people in your home department.

Why are there missing or incorrect publications in my profile?

• Publications are added automatically from PubMed but also can be edited manually (see How do I edit my Profile? above).
• Unfortunately, there is no easy way to match articles in PubMed to the profiles on this website. The algorithm used to find articles from PubMed attempts to minimize the number of publications incorrectly added to a profile; however, this method results in some missing publications.
• People with common names or whose articles were written at other institutions are most likely to have incomplete publication lists.

How frequently are the data in the profiles updated?

• Directory information, such as names, degrees, and contact information will be automatically updated from changes made at the RTRN sicentists directory by the liason at your institution. We will update these changes at least once a week.
• Publications will be updated from PubMed at least monthly.
• You can edit portions of their profiles, including publications, at any time by logging in via MyAccess. Passive networks that are derived from publications, such as keywords and similar people, will be then be updated nightly.

Can I edit my keywords, co-authors, or list of similar people?

• Keywords and co-authors are derived automatically from the PubMed articles listed with your profile. You cannot edit these directly, but you can improve these lists by keeping your publications up to date. Please note that it takes up to 24 hours for the system to update your keywords, co-authors, and similar people after you have modified your publications.
• Keyword rankings and similar people lists are based on algorithms that weigh multiple factors including the number of corresponding publications, how relevant the concepts are to the overall topics of the publications, how long ago the publications were written, whether the person was the first or senior author and how many other people have written about the same topic. Your feedback is essential to helping us refine these algorithms.

How can I create or edit “my network”?

• Active networks are shown on the left side of the page and are the ones that you define.
• When users login to the website and view other people's profiles, they can mark those people as collaborators, advisors, or advisees. In other words, you can build your own network of people that you know.