Search for authors and the related author profiles

 

In addition to this brief description there is an E-Tutorial: Scopus - Suche nach Autorinnen und Autoren und deren Profile

 

Contents of the brief description

The following brief description explains how to run a search for authors, for example the noble prize winner Thomas Christian Südhof, and shows which information the related author profile contains.

 

Search by author name

First, select the search for authors and enter the last name. Instead of the whole first name, it is also possible to write only the initial. Therefore, we can also write a "T" in the example instead of "Thomas". This can be really helpful in case that different versions of an authors first name exist. But, in contrast, common names can lead to a huge amount of results. Adding an affiliation – if known – can be useful in these cases.

 

More search tips can be found in the "Search Tips" section.

 

Via "Search" the search will be started.

 

Search

Three results will be displayed, which can all be suitable for the preferred person. The first result ist the most extensive, so we have a look at this one first.

 

Scopus automatically creates an authors profile as soon as a new publication with an unknown author is indexed. An algorithm identifies the required meta data from the document. The created profiles can be incomplete, but you can request a correction or addition to these automatically created profiles at any time by using "Edit profile".

 

Detailed display of the author profile

The authors details page is devided into different categories:

On the top you can find personal information like the name, the associated affiliation and the ORCID, which serves as author identification across platforms. To view other name variations, affiliation history, and subject areas click "Show all author info".

   

Below that, information about publications and citations is listed. The number of documents in Scopus, their citation frequency, the number of cited documents and the h-index of the noble prize winner are displayed on the left, whereas the scientific output as well as the achieved citations can be found displayed in the diagram on the right.

 

The "Analyze author output" page provides a visual graphic representation and evaluation of the bibliometric data of the author Thomas Christian Südhof, for example the used sources for his publications or how the h-index is calculated. These analyses can be exported as CSV- or ZIP-files (which contain different file formats) for further processing.

 

A list on the right shows the three topics where Südhof has pushlished the most in between 2016 and 2020.

 

Three more can be seen by using the function "View all topics".

 

On the bottom you can find a list of Südhofs publications included in the database. Further, the cited documents, preprints, co-authors and subject areas can be displayed.

 

Request to merge authors

There appeared two more names in the authors search. To test, if the data to "Thomas Christian Südhof" are complete, we need to take a closer look at the search results. In this case, the second and third record seem to belong to the noble prize winner, too. When you are sure, that two (or more) records belong to the same person, you can request to merge the authors via "Request to merge authors".

   

Common consideration of different author entries

If a common consideration of different author entries is preferred over a combination, you need to log in Scopus by using your personal data. If you can see your initials on the top right, your Login was successful.
The records you want to save in a common author list need to be selected.

 

After selecting them, you need to save them by using the option "Save to author list", where you can also name the list. For possible later usage, you can save the schedule with "Save list".

 

Calling up the saved lists

The saved authors lists can be opened by using the button with your personal initials and selecting the option "Saved Lists".

   

After selecting the right collection, a page with different profiles will be opened. By marking different profiles, "Show documents" gives you shared document lists and "View citation overview" shows the collected citations.

 

Set document alert

If logged in, you have the opportunity to set different alerts in Scopus. Inside a author profile, the icon "Set document alert" on the left or "Set alert" on the top authorizes Scopus to inform you regularly about new publication of a specific author.

   

It is also possible to set an alert for new citations. Further, you can let Scopus inform you when a specific publication of the noble prize winner is citated. For this, open the favored title out of the document list and choose "Set citation alert" on the right.

 

An overview of all personal alerts can be found by clicking the initial-button and choosing "Alerts".

Via "Search alters", "Author citation alerts" and "Document citation alert", different notification orders can be opened and modified, deleted or disabled / reactivated.