Web of Science Researcher Profiles

This page explains how to find and claim an existing researcher profile. If you cannot find a researcher profile for yourself, you can create one.

• Access WoS from the Resources column on the HSLS website.
• Select the Researchers tab on the WoS homepage.

• Select Name Search from the dropdown menu to search by name. The Author Identifiers option allows you to search by WoS ResearcherID or ORCID iD if known.

• If there is only one author that matches your search, you will be brought directly to that author's record. Otherwise, you will see a list of results to review (see the following section Review and Claim Profiles to learn more).

• If there are multiple results, review information such as affiliation, location, top journals, and recent publications to verify that you're selecting the correct author.

• If there are multiple researcher profiles and they belong to you, they can be combined into one record by selecting the appropriate checkboxes and clicking View as combined record to temporarily combine the records for your current session. The Merge Records option is to submit a request to permanently combine the records together. However, if you are the author about to claim your record, select View as combined record instead.

• Click Claim my record in the Are you this author? box on the right.

• You will then be prompted to sign in with a Clarivate account (Web of Science, InCites, EndNote), or you can provide your email address to register.

See our page on Sync with ORCID to learn how to add publications to your researcher profile with your ORCID record.

If you cannot find an existing researcher profile to claim, you can also create one and add publications to it, whether or not the publications are indexed in WoS. Keep in mind that citation metrics for non-WoS articles are not available.

• Click on the researcher profile icon in the left menu. You'll be prompted to sign up with your email address and will receive an email that provides instructions for verifying your account.

See our page on Sync with ORCID to learn how to add publications to your researcher profile with your ORCID record.