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Research Metrics Toolkit

Scopus Author ID

What

Your Scopus Author ID is automatically generated the first time you publish an article indexed in Scopus. It is recommended that you frequently check your Scopus Author ID to make sure your publications are in one single profile.

Applications

  • Manage your publications in the Scopus database
  • Get publication metrics for your work indexed in Scopus, such as h-index and Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI)
  • Use your Scopus Author ID in the analytics product SciVal
  • Link your ORCID to your Scopus Author ID

Considerations

  • Your Scopus Author ID will only list your publications that are indexed in the Scopus database
  • Future publications will be matched to your ID based on metadata such as your name, affiliation, and discipline. If this data is not able to be matched, a new Author ID may be created - if this happens, you can merge the profiles.

Which metrics are available?

At the author level:

  • Documents by author (published in Scopus sources)
  • Total citations (in Scopus sources)
  • h-Index
  • Document and citation trends graph.

At the document (article, book/chapter, conference paper) level:

  • Citations in Scopus
  • Percentile rank within the subject area
  • Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI)
  • PlumX Altmetrics: including social media mentions, downloads, Mendeley readers, and more.
How to: Create and manage your Scopus Author ID

Your Scopus Author ID

  • Your Scopus Author ID is automatically generated the first time you publish an article indexed in Scopus
  • Future publications will be matched to your ID based on metadata such as your name, affiliation, and discipline. If this data is not able to be matched, a new Author ID may be created - if this happens, you can request to have the IDs merged
  • Your Scopus Author ID will only list your publications that are indexed in the Scopus database
  • Your profile provides metrics, and some interesting analysis features
  • Your Scopus Author ID is also used in the SciVal research analytics product
  • Visit the Scopus Support Centre for more information.

Finding your Scopus Author ID

  1. Access Scopus from the Library website
  2. Change the Search option to Authors, and type your last name, first initial, and affiliation in the correct search fields
  3. Select the correct author from the search results

Correcting your Scopus Author ID

If you find multiple profiles exist, use the Author Feedback Wizard to merge your Scopus IDs, set your affiliation, and add or remove documents. You will need to create a login for Scopus to use the Wizard - if you already have an Elsevier product login that you use for SciVal or Mendeley, this will work.

ORCID and Scopus Author Profile

To link your Scopus Author Profile with ORCID:

  • Import your Scopus Author Identifier and publications into ORCID or
  • Send your author details to ORCID

Use the Scopus Author Feedback wizard.

Help resources for Scopus Author Profile

Scopus: Access and use Support Centre

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