Web of Science ResearcherID, a unique identifier that associates researchers with their works in Web of Science, is now displayed on Web of Science Researcher Profile (formerly Publons). A Researcher Profile consists of four distinct sections, namely Profile Card, Metrics Panel, Publication Records and Peer Review Records. ResearcherID is at the top of the Profile Card, right underneath the author's name. It is automatically assigned to each Profile holder and can be used to search for publications by a researcher. Other sections on the Researcher Profile showcase a researcher's scholarly contributions and impact in publications, peer reviews and editorships.
To create or manage your Web of Science Researcher Profile, register or sign in to Web of Science to populate your personal information and publication data. Here is the persistent link of your Researcher Profile http://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/[ResearcherID].
► Suggested publications: Publications matched by your email addresses and/or names are ready to be viewed and claimed under the tab "View my publications". To refine the search, you could provide more email addresses you have published with.
► Add publications by identifier: Publications can be imported by identifier search, including DOI, Web of Sceince accession number, PubMed ID, arXiv or Title.
► Add publications by file upload: Publications can be imported from a RIS, BibTex, or CSV file.
► Syc with ORCiD: Once you have connected ORCID iD with Web of Science Researcher Profile and indicated your preference for configuration, you can keep both profiles up to date and synchronized. Please refer to the guide Integrating and synchronizing ORCID with Web of Science Researcher Profile.
To add records of other types, such as peer reviews, editor records and editorial board memberships, similar to publications, you can click on "+ ADD" next to the record types and fill in the information required.
How CityU Scholars helps
By utilizing CityU Scholars, you can assist Web of Science in enhancing its author mapping and searchability, ensuring that the right publications are associated with your name and profile in its database.
Join the University’s ORCID Creation and Integration Exercise (Guide for Faculty or Guide for Research Students) to integrate your ORCID account with CityU Scholars. This enables your ORCID publication list to receive automatic updates of validated research output records exported from CityU Scholars, on a daily basis during your service or study at CityU.
Web of Science receives a daily data feed from ORCID. If a publication matches a record in Web of Science (with the ORCID account and the publication being visible to everyone), your ORCID will be added to the record in Web of Science within a few days. The metadata fields used to match works in ORCID and Web of Science include author, journal, article title, year, volume, page number and DOI. Although all fields are used to find a match, exact matching is not required for every field.
Adding ORCID to your publications in Web of Science enables searching for your publications using your ORCID identifier.
Correcting Author Records
For a single author, there might be more than one author record in Web of Science. They were possibly registered by the author using different email addresses or created by the Web of Science algorithm. Moreover, there might be publication misattribution to author records. Sign in to your Web of Science account to make a correction request.
For Unclaimed Author Records (without a green tick next to author names)
From the researcher search results page, tick the checkbox of each author record containing publications by the same author. Then click Merge Records. You can also view the instructions by clicking on the button How to correct author record.
A pop-up message will appear outlining the subsequent steps. Click Get Started to proceed with the steps.
Wait for Web of Science to review and process your request. You will receive an email to confirm receipt of your request and another to confirm whether the changes have been accepted. Changes will take a few days to show on Web of Science.
Go to the profile that needs correction. Click Submit a correction at the top right corner.
On the Author Record Correction Form, proceed through the steps: Your Information, Review Documents, and Confirm and Submit Changes.
Wait for Web of Science to review and process your request. You will receive an email to confirm receipt of your request and another to confirm whether the changes have been accepted. Changes will take a few days to show on Web of Science.
For Claimed Author Records (i.e., authors who have registered an account with Web of Science will have a Researcher Profile with a green tick next to their names)
Click your name in the top right menu, then click Settings.
Click Account Settings in the left panel.
Click Delete/merge account. Choose I need to merge duplicate accounts, enter the ResearcherID of your duplicate profile, and submit your request.
If the entered ResearcherID matches an existing claimed profile, WoS will email a one-time password (OTP) to that profile’s email address. You will need to enter that OTP into the form to confirm ownership of that profile and proceed with the merge.
Once your request is reviewed and confirmed by WoS, you will receive a notification. You can then select which email address to keep as your primary. The profile and ResearcherID linked to this primary email will be retained after the merge. To access your account settings, please log in using your primary email address.
In case of multiple duplicate profiles, please select the primary one associated with the email address you wish to retain. Then, follow the instructions provided above to merge each duplicate into your primary profile, one at a time. It is important to merge all duplicates directly into the primary profile rather than combining them into a single profile and then merging that combined profile.
If you are having trouble merging your profiles, you can create a WoS support ticket. Enter the duplicate account details in the ResearcherID field and click Submit ResearcherID. After that, you will see a notification. Click Submit the provided ResearcherID to open a customer support case, and the WoS team will contact you via email to assist with the merge.
Add Publications
Currently, only the profile owner can correct claimed Researcher Profiles. You can refer to the above section Managing publication, peer review and editor records to populate publications. Or, open the unclaimed author record containing your publications and click Claim my record. You will then be directed to a page to confirm which publications to add to your profile.
