Scopus ID and author profile

An author Scopus identifier number (Scopus ID) is a unique permanent identifier assigned to an author who has published in journals indexed in the Scopus database. Use it to track your publications and citation metrics, link to co-authors and collaborators, and establish your research profile. Keeping your Scopus author ID up-to-date ensures that your work is correctly attributed and your metrics reflect your research outputs.

You do not have to register for this ID. It is automatically assigned when you publish two or more works in a journal indexed by Scopus. The algorithm generates your ID based on your name, email, affiliation, subject area, citations and co-authors.

If you do not have work indexed in Scopus, you will not have a Scopus ID. You cannot register for or request a Scopus ID.

Find your Scopus ID

Enter your name into the Scopus author search and select search. All the authors with work indexed in Scopus with the same or similar name will be returned.

• If you see that you have multiple Scopus IDs associated with your name, you can merge these IDs (see the Merge multiple Scopus IDs section below).
• Don't initially add affiliation or an ORCID to your search to ensure you don't exclude multiple IDs associated with your name. If necessary, use location filters on the left hand side of the results page to limit to any location you have published from in the past.
• If you have published under multiple names, search each name to check for multiple IDs and merge them.
• If you cannot find your name via author search, search for titles of your publications in the Document search. You must have at least two publications in Scopus to have an ID. Some disciplines are not well indexed in Scopus so you may not be able to find your publications.
  

View your Scopus author profile

This will take you to your author profile which provides a comprehensive overview of an your research output, including publications, citations and h-index. It also includes information on your affiliations, areas of expertise and collaboration network.

See: What can I do on an author details page?

To request changes to your author profile, you will need to create an Elsevier account. This is not a profile or ID but an account that give you access to more Elsevier features in Scopus and other Elsevier products. Access Scopus then select Create account at the top right of the page. Select Sign in via your institution to use the University SSO to create your account.

Merge multiple Scopus IDs

You may find that you have multiple IDs assigned to your name when you do a Scopus author search for your name(s). This can happen if you have published under different names or used different affiliations in the past.

Merge from Search Results

1. Open each profile by clicking the name and double check your works are listed.
2. In the Scopus author search results, check the boxes next to the author name then select Request to merge authors at the top of the results.
3. Follow the steps of the Author Feedback Wizard to submit your request to Scopus.

See: How do I use the Author Feedback Wizard?

Merge from Potential author matches

Scopus can also suggest profiles that are very similar to your profile. You can view very similar profiles and, if they are yours, request these to be merged with your ID.

1. Go to your Scopus author profile.
2. Under your name select More, then the Potential author matches option.
3. Review the authors and their works displayed in the pop up then select profiles that are yours.
4. Choose Request to merge author and follow the steps of the Author Feedback Wizard to submit your request to Scopus.

See: How do I use the Author Feedback Wizard?

After requesting a merge

After you submit a request to merge authors, Scopus can take a few weeks to update your profile and ID.

See: What can I expect after submitting a Missing Content or Data Correction request?

NOTE: Scopus ID updates are not automatically passed through to Te Waka Huia Rangahau | Research Outputs. See the section below on Adding Scopus ID to Research Outputs.

Update your author details

You can modify the details on your author profile when logged into your Elsevier account.

Change author profile details such as your preferred name and affiliation

1. Go to your author profile and select Edit profile to open the Author Feedback Wizard.
2. From the Author Feedback Wizard, select Author details.
3. From the Current affiliation drop-down, select the desired affiliation.
4. From the Preferred name drop-down, select the desired name format of the author. Only names you have published under and that have been indexed in Scopus will be available to choose from.
5. Select Review changes.
6. Select Submit request to submit the change for review by Scopus.

See: How do I use the Author Feedback Wizard?

After submitting a request

After you request changes, Scopus will review your request and either approve or deny your request.

See: What can I expect after submitting a Missing Content or Data Correction request?

Adding or removing publications on your ID

This is done in the Author Feedback Wizard, accessed by selecting Edit profile on your author profile.

Adding items

If the item exists in Scopus already:

1. In the Author Feedback Wizard, go to Documents and select Search for missing documents on Scopus at the bottom of the document list.
2. Use the search to find the document, then select Confirm author.
3. Select the author associated with the document.
4. Select Add document.
5. Select Review changes.
6. Select Submit request to submit the change for review by Scopus.

Removing items

1. In the Author Feedback Wizard, go to Documents.
2. Find the items in the list that do not belong to you.
3. Select Remove from profile.
4. Select Review changes.
5. Select Submit request to submit the change for review by Scopus.

After submitting a request

After you request changes, Scopus will review your request and either approve or deny your request.

See: What can I expect after submitting a Missing Content or Data Correction request?

Link your Scopus ID with ORCHID and Discovery

Link your Scopus ID with other locations to make your work more visible.

Link your Scopus ID to your ORCID

Your Scopus author ID can be integrated with your ORCID to enhance your research visibility and improve automatic author identification.

See: Connect your Scopus ID and ORCID.

Add your Scopus ID to your Discovery Profile

You can display your Scopus ID on your University Discovery Profile to increase your works' visibility.

Instructions of how to add a Scopus ID as a web address are in Edit my profile. You can also add it to your automatic claiming settings to suggest articles from the Scopus database for you to claim. See Automatic Claiming.

Your Scopus ID must be used in Research Outputs. To add your Scopus ID to Research Outputs, see: Automatic claiming - My research identifiers.

You might see you have multiple Scopus IDs you could claim in Research Outputs. You can only have one Scopus ID in Research Outputs. To manage multiple Scopus IDs in Research Outputs:

1. View each Scopus ID and decide if it is yours.
2. If a Scopus ID is not yours, select the option Ignore this Scopus ID. If the Scopus ID is yours merge it with your other Scopus IDs within Scopus, you can not do this merge in Research Outputs (see the above section).
3. After the merge is complete in Scopus, update your Scopus IDs manually in Research Outputs.

Scopus ID merges are not automatically passed through to Research Outputs from Scopus. You can only update multiple Scopus IDs within Research Outputs manually.

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