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Google Scholar Basics

This guide will assist users on the best practices for searching with Google Scholar.

Finding Author Metrics

Search for author metrics by typing in a name or selecting a name attached to an article. Click on the author's name to navigate to their profile.

 

Use the author profile to find other works written by the author, collaborators, and data on citations. Select the 'Cited By' links to see what has cited a work since it was written. All data is according to Google Scholar, and may differ from other profiles seen in Scopus or other databases.

Creating a Google Profile

Google Scholar Profiles are a free author profile established and can be largely maintained through Google and their indexing algorithm. This profile allows authors to showcase their academic publications by allowing them to check who is citing their articles, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics. Users have the option of making their profiles public and discoverable by searching author names or private. Google Scholar will update articles automatically if they are indexed or users can manually update articled to their profile. Once articles are attached to a profile, Google will work to compute metrics. 

To create a Google Scholar Profile:

  1. Go to Google Scholar
  2. Click on "My Profile" and sign into your account or create a new one with your UNTHSC email so affiliation can be confirmed
  3. To finish your profile, Google will gather articles that the algorithm believes is your published work. Select the articles that are yours and add areas of interest.

Google Scholar and ORCID:

ORCID has a tool that allows you to import citations from BibTeX (.bib) files into your ORCID record, including files exported from Google Scholar. In depth details on this process can be found here