Managing Your Research Profile
The Research Profiles and Repository showcases Western’s research outputs and your Researcher Profile worldwide
To amend your Researcher Profile details, use the Researcher Profile Portal
For further support, refer to the library's collection of FAQs
Key sections in your Research Profile
Your Researcher Profile contains the key information about you, your research interests, areas of expertise and links to your research outputs.
It is important to keep this current to ensure other researchers can find and contact you.
Search for your name on the Research Profiles and Repository to view your public Researcher Profile
After logging in, you can edit and update your information on your Researcher Profile.
The core sections in your Research Profile are:
- Personal identification
- Curriculum and research description
- Organisational affiliations
- Education/Qualification
- Keywords
Some information is populated from the HR system that includes:
- Personal Identification: First, Last and Name and Name Variant (you can manually add other variants)
- Title
- Staff Number (indicated as Employee ID)
We encourage you to populating the following sections:
Accessing the Profile Editor
To access the Profile Editor:
1. Log in to Research Profiles Portal using the 
button at the top of the page with your Western Credentials.
2. Choose the Edit profile option and then, choose Metadata from side menu
After each section you amend, ensure that you choose the save option at the bottom of the window to save your data.
