The first step for searching each citation database (Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science) is to search your own publications in the database and save the publications list for creation of citation reports, future updates and use.
This publications list can then be used to check against the author ID and author record (for Scopus and Web of Science) to identify missing/wrong publications.
Once the author ID and author record are updated, they can be linked to ORCID and Publons (for Web of Science).
Here are instructions on how to manage the different author profiles:
Google Scholar keeps track of citations to your publications. Once you have created your profile, Google Scholar will try to find all of your publications and add them to your profile. You can then check who is citing your publications, view citations over time and also compute various citation metrics including h-index.
Citations and h-index: displayed on the citations profile page; mouse over selected year to view citations for that year
Publication count: click 'Show More' at the bottom of the citations profile until it greys out
Note: For NTU's Promotion and Tenure (PT), you need to remove items in your Google Scholar Profile that belong to any of the following type of materials
In Web of Science, you can generate a citation report that provides citation counts and the author h-index for a set of publications. Before generating the citation report, ensure that you only have one researcher profile and your publication list has been kept up to date.
Here are instructions on how to:
Generate Citation Report
Step 1: In the RESEARCHERS tab, type your last name into the search box, and select the matching option. Do the same for your first name or initial, then click Search.
Step 2: Click on your name in the results list.
Step 3: Click View citation report on the right hand side. If you have correctly added and identified your publications, there should not be any irrelevant records remaining.
Note: For NTU's Promotion and Tenure (PT), you need to remove items in your Web of Science Researcher Profile that belong to any of the following type of materials
The citation report includes total publications, h-index, citation counts (including self-citations or excluding self-citations), etc.
To export citation report, click Export Full Report. You have the option to save the report either in text or Excel format. Once you have selected the options, click Export.
Detailed Instructions on how to generate citation report from Web of Science
In Web of Science, you can also generate a citation report by saving your publications as a Marked List.
Generate Citation Report
Step 1: Sign in to your Web of Science account.
Step 2: In the DOCUMENTS tab, perform an author search. Enter your initials and/or name spelt out in full. Click on + Add row to input more choices, then click Search.
Step 3: Review the listing of publication records and check-marked the relevant publications on the results page. Click Add to Marked List, then select Create new list if you have not created one.
Note: For NTU's Promotion and Tenure (PT), you need to exclude items that belong to any of the following type of materials
Step 4: To add missing publication(s) to your marked list, perform a title search In the DOCUMENTS tab.
Step 5: Add the missing publication(s) to the earlier created marked list.
Note: To check if Web of Science indexes a particular journal, you can do a search in the Master Journal List. If the journal issue is indexed but your article in the issue is not indexed, you can report the problem via the online form Data Change & Missing Article/Journal Issue Request.
Step 6: To generate citation report from a marked list, click Marked List icon on the left-hand-side of the page, go to My marked lists and click on the specific marked list.
Step 7: Click Citation Report.
The citation report includes total publications, h-index, citation counts (including self-citations or excluding self-citations), etc.
To export citation report, click Export Full Report. You have the option to save the report either in text or Excel format. Once you have selected the options, click Export.
Detailed Instructions on how to generate citation report from Web of Science
In Scopus, you can obtain up-to-date citation metrics (total publications, citations over time, h-index, citation counts) to your works in publications indexed by Scopus. Before generating the citation report, ensure that you only have one Scopus Author ID and there are no wrongly attached or missing publications in your profile.
Here are instructions on how to:
Generate Citation Report
Step 1: Under Author Search, enter the name of the author, then click on the search icon.
Step 2: Check the box beside the correct author profile(s) and click View citation overview.
Note: When you select more than one profile, the Scopus Author ID will not be displayed.
The citation overview includes total publications, citations over time, h-index (including self-citations or excluding self-citations), citation counts (including self-citations or excluding self-citations), etc.
To export citation overview to Excel, choose Export at the top of the citation overview page.
Note: You can choose to exclude self-citations if necessary, then click on Update button.
Detailed Instructions on how to generate citation report from Scopus
We wish to thank Assistant Professor Edison Ang for allowing us to use his author profile as illustrations.