Google Scholar, Scopus and other profiles

There are a range of other researcher profiles and collaborative platforms that may be of value to you as a researcher, these include a Google profile, Scopus Author Identifier, Web of Science Researcher Profile and other profiles and platforms.

Google Scholar profile

Add your Google Scholar public profile URL link under Websites in your ORCID profile.

A Google Scholar Citations profile enables you to keep track of citations to your articles and provides an online presence for your scholarly work.

Create your Google Scholar profile

Log in or create a Google account and set up your profile.

Make sure you:

  • use your name as it is spelled on your papers
  • include your institutional email (e.g. j.surname@uq.edu.au). You will receive an email to this address that will need to be verified in order for your profile to appear in search results
  • add your affiliation in accordance with the UQ Authorship Procedure
  • set your profile to public so that it will appear in Google Scholar results when people search for your name
  • select the appropriate update option. Google Scholar can automatically update your profile. If selecting automatic updates, check the accuracy of your publication list regularly; or be alerted every time Google Scholar wishes to add a publication to your profile.

Google Scholar metrics

Your Google Scholar Profile will display your citations, h-index, and i10-index as calculated by publications in Google Scholar. These metrics are updated automatically as Google Scholar adds your new publications.

Click the Follow option in your profile to get alerts whenever your work is cited.

Scopus Author Identifier

Your Scopus Author Identifier is a valuable addition to your ORCID profile if you have publications indexed by Scopus.

Scopus Author Identifier collates publications you have authored and these are indexed by the Scopus database in one author profile.

Your profile will include:

  • a list of your publications (from which you can view article level metrics)
  • details about your citations and co-authors
  • your h-index
  • your altmetrics via PlumX on Scopus.

Scopus matches author names based on their affiliation, address, subject area, source title, dates of publications and co-authors.

Scopus automatically generates your Scopus Author ID when you have a publication indexed in the Scopus database, so no registration or account generation is required. If you have not published in a journal indexed in the Scopus database you will not have any Author ID, or you may have multiple Author IDs if you have published with multiple affiliations.

Complete the Scopus author feedback wizard to make sure the Scopus database is collecting all your publications under one profile. It can take up to seven days for duplicate profiles to be fully merged and for the changes to appear in the Scopus database.

If you are unable to find a publication, there is a problem with the citation count or you have feedback, contact the Scopus Support Center.

Link your Scopus Author Identifier to ORCID

  1. Log in to your ORCID profile.
  2. Under Add Works choose Search & link.
  3. Click the Scopus - Elsevier option.
  4. Click Authorize.

Follow the steps to verify your publications and push records from your Scopus Author ID to your ORCID profile.

Other profiles and platforms

There are a range of other public profiles and collaborative platforms that may be of value to you as a researcher. 

Use the Websites section of your ORCID profile to link to your collaborative profiles on platforms such as:

  • LinkedIn
  • X (formerly Twitter)
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube.

Make sure to adhere to copyright licensing conditions when using these sites.