Google Scholar Citations Help

Google Scholar Citations Help:

Google Scholar Citations

Updates to your profile

How do I make sure that my citation metrics and the graph of citations is kept up to date?

You don't need to do anything! Your citation metrics and citation graph will be automatically updated whenever Google Scholar is updated.

I would like my list of articles to be automatically updated. How can I do that?

Select the "Profile updates" option from the Actions menu. Choose the automatic updates setting and click "Update settings". Your profile will be automatically updated when Google Scholar is updated.

This setting only controls the updates to your list of articles. It does not control the updates to your "Cited by" counts and citation metrics - those are always updated to reflect the current state of the web.

I have opted for automated updates. However, a recent article that I have written has not been automatically added to my profile. How can I fix this?

To add a missing article to your profile, select the "Add" option from the Actions menu. Then, either search for the article or enter its bibliographic data by hand.

How do I stop automated updates to my profile?

Select the "Profile updates" option from the Actions menu. Choose the confirmation email setting and click "Update settings". When we identify suitable updates for your profile, we'll send you an email message so that you can review and apply the updates.

I have edited some of the articles in my profile. How do I keep the automated updates from overriding my changes?

You don't need to do anything. Automated updates will not make changes to an article that you have edited.

Reviewing updates to your profile

Why does the updates page say that one of my articles is a duplicate entry?

This happens when the Google Scholar search index changes, and it now considers this entry a duplicate of some other article in your profile. This could happen, e.g., if the publisher re-formats their papers or fixes a typo. We recommend that you accept this suggestion. You can, of course, choose to keep duplicate entries in your profile, but only one of them will be counted towards your citation metrics.

Why does the updates page say that one of my articles is not matched in Google Scholar?