The Chinese University Of Hong Kong Library – Google Scholar Profile: Configure Article Updates
What is a Google Scholar Profile?
A Google Scholar Profile helps an author track and showcase publications and citation metrics that are available in Google Scholar. If you want to find the number of times your publications being cited and your h-index in Google Scholar, you may set up a Google Scholar Profile.
Other Researcher Profiles
You may also set up your researcher profile at other platforms:
How does a Google Scholar Profile look?
In the Google Scholar Profile, you can find the number of times your publications being cited, the h-index, and the i10-index (the number of publications with at least ten citations). By clicking the number of times cited, you can see the list of citing articles.
The publication list can be sorted by number of times cited or by year of publication. You can make your profile either public or private.
Set Up Google Scholar Profile
1. Go to the Google Scholar
2. Click “SIGN IN” and log in with your Google Account.
3. Click “My Profile” at the top of the page.
4. Click the “+” icon to add publications by selecting one of the options available:
- Add article groups: use your name to search for and add a group of articles
- Add articles: use your name or the article title to search for articles, you can add individual articles rather than a group of articles
- Add article manually: add your article metadata manually
5. You may add a profile picture and information of your co-authors.
6. You can make your profile either public or private. Click the pencil icon next to your name, and you will see the option at the end of the Edit Profile page.
Configure Article Updates for Your Google Scholar Profile
1. You can decide whether Google Scholar should automatically add to your profile the articles that it thinks you author them.
2. Click the “+” icon and select “Configure article updates”.
3. Check one of the boxes according to your needs.
Reminder: Although the auto-update option is convenient, your profile might end up including some articles that are not authored by you. To get accurate citation metrics, you may have to review and tidy up your profile from time to time. You can remove irrelevant articles by checking the boxes next to the articles, and then clicking the “Delete” button. The Delete button will display when an article is selected.
