Introduction:

the increase in scientific production has been accompanied by platforms for authors where they can share their curriculum vitae and published articles. The aim of this article is to perform a narrative review in regard to digital profiles, the use of professional social networks and useful bibliographical managers for research into primary care professionals.

Material and Methods:

the medical literature was searched to identify studies that reported topics related to researcher profile, online platforms for digital profiles and bibliographical reference managers.

Results:

it is recommended including in a profile: training, work activity, membership in scientific institutions or societies, published articles, H index, citations, funded projects, awards received and review of articles in indexed journals. The most common platforms are ResearchGate, ORCID, Scopus and Publons, the latter already integrated into the Web of Science. All of them allow you to share affiliation, published articles and awards received. The citations received are only available in Scopus and Publons. The H-index is present on all platforms except ORCID. Funded projects can be found on all platforms except Publons. ORCID and Publons collects peer reviews on indexed articles. Other platforms are: PubMed and Google Scholar that share some functionalities. Bibliographical managers enable personal profiles (Zotero) but offer fewer functions than other platforms, although they do create work groups (Mendeley and Zotero).

Conclusion:

having a research profile enables scientific production to be visible in primary care and contact with other researchers.

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