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Due to the effect of citation impact on The Higher Education (THE) world university ranking system, most of the researchers are looking for some helpful techniques to increase their citation record. This paper by reviewing the relevant articles extracts 33 different ways for increasing the citations possibilities. The results show that the article visibility has tended to receive more download and citations. This is probably the first study to collect over 30 different ways to improve the citation record. Further study is needed to explore and expand these techniques in specific fields of study in order to make the results more precisely.

By Stuart Grandy, Nichole N. Barger Academic Leadership, The Online Journal Volume 8 - Issue 2 Apr 19, 2010 - 10:20:41 AM We report on the implementation of a range of classroom activities that have been widely advocated in the literature and yet remain less common in the sciences than other disciplines. The practices we use include: 1) seminars, in which students take a lead in discussion of course content; 2) role-playing activities whereby students take on the role of a different person and creatively explore how their perspectives may change; and 3) oral and written self evaluations

A Commentary by the Technology Enhanced Learning phase of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme, London, 2010