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Researcher e-Visibility: Web of Science ResearcherID on Publons

This guide assists researchers with creating and maintaining an online presence in different ways e.g. creating researcher identifiers i.e.ORCID and by using Social Media tools.

WEB OF SCIENCE RESEARCHER ID ON PUBLONS

BENEFITS OF HAVING A PUBLONS PROFILE

Can be used to track your:

  • publications,
  • citation metrics,
  • peer reviews,
  • and journal editing work -  all in a single, easy-to-maintain profile.                  

WEB OF SCIENCE RESEARCHER ID ON PUBLONS:

  • is a unique identifier used for researchers on Publons, Web of Science, and InCites

Web of Science ResearcherID migrated to Publons in 2019. Unlike Scopus where the ID is automatically assigned, you need to register a Publons Profile and add publications on the profile yourself. See below more on Registering a Publons profile and integrating Publons with your ORCID.

REGISTER & MANAGE YOUR PUBLONS PROFILE

REGISTER YOUR PUBLONS PROFILE:

  • Unlike Scopus where a researcher ID is automatically assigned, you need to register a Publons Profile and add publications on the profile yourself.
  • Please check if you have an existing ResearcherID on Publons account before creating a new one. This can be done by conducting a search on Web of Science using the RESEARCHER search option.
  • See below examples of author profiles on Web of Science WITH and WITHOUT a Web of Science ResearcherID:

Web of Science profile that DO NOT have a Web of Science ResearcherID assigned and needs to be claimed by the author:

           

Important: If you have a profile that does not have a Web of Science ResearcherID assigned (as above), you can select Claim my record (see below):

You will then be asked to Proceed to Claim this record

This will then take you to the page where you can register for a Publons acccount (see below). You will then be allowed to verify details on the account i.e. name, affiliation, publications etc.

 

Web of Science profile that has a Web of Science ResearcherID assigned:

             

 

If you do not have a Web of Science ResearcherID account, or do not have login details for either Publons, Web of Science or Endnote - click on the below image to register.

 

If you have a Web of Science ResearcherID account or already have an account with either Publons, Web of Science or Endnote sign in with your credentials (e-mail address and password) for that service to start using Publons by using the below link:

CONNECTING YOUR WEB OF SCIENCE RESEARCHER ID ON PUBLONS WITH YOUR ORCID

You need to have an ORCiD before you can connect your Web of Science ResearcherID on Publons with your ORCiD. If you do not have an ORCiD as yet, go to Claim your ORCiD. For more information on ORCiD and adding your ORCiD to the Wits ORCID Portal go to Researcher e-Visibility: ORCiD

CONNECT TO ORCID FROM YOUR WEB OF SCIENCE RESEARCHER ID ON PUBLONS

Follow the steps in the below document to connect your Web of Science ResearcherID on Publons with your ORCiD profile.