Google Scholar allows users to create a profile to track citations. The document outlines the steps to set up a profile, including signing in with a Gmail address, verifying your email address, and adding publications. It explains that signing in with a personal Gmail keeps the profile forever. Users can then edit their profile, choose how to update it, and manually add publications by selecting the appropriate tab for the publication type. The profile can be made public or private.

1. Google Scholar:
How to set up your profile
UCT Bibliometrics Working Group
February 2017

2. Databases by platform
Access Google Scholar from
the library web page.
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
Access Google Scholar

3. Databases by platform

4. Sign In
Create an account / Sign In

5. Sign in with your personal
gmail address
OR
if you do not yet have a Gmail
account yet
Click ‘Create an account’
Create an
account /
Sign In It is important to sign
in with your Gmail
address.
To keep your profile
forever, sign in with
your personal Gmail
account.

6. Sign in with a Gmail address
Sign in with a
Gmail address

7. Signed in
Your email address will appear in the
toolbar when you are signed in
My Citations
Click on My Citations
My Citations

8. Set up a
profile
Step 1
Email for verification
Fill in your UCT EMAIL address here.
An institutional affiliated email is required
here for the verification process.
Next step
Follow the prompts to proceed
Important notice for signing in
If you have signed in using an institutional email
instead of a Gmail address, this message will
appear.

9. Add article
Click on the Add article button
Set up a
profile
Step 2

10. Next step
Follow the prompts to proceed
Set up a
profile
Step 2

11. Go to profile
Go to profile to
proceed
Set up a
profile
Step 3
Choose how to
update a profile.
You can choose to
ask for an email to
be sent to you first,
so you can confirm
which material to
add to your profile
before it gets
updated.

12. Edit
Click on EDIT to
change settings and
add information to
your profile.
Here you can also
make your profile
private or public
Edit a
profile

13. Add Information
Here you can also
make your profile
private or public
Edit a
profile

14. + ADD
Click on ADD to further
populate your list
Add
publications to
your profile

15. ADD Articles
Click on Add articles and then
tick the boxes next to the
articles you wish to add.
Add
publications to
your profile
Se ADD: search for articles to add from this search box

16. ADD Articles manually
Click on Add articles manually
and populate the form
according to the type of
publication. Choose the tab
that describes the publication:
Journal, Conference, Chapter,
Book, Thesis, Patent, Court
Case, Other.
Add
publications to
your profile

17. MORE
Additional information can be
viewed here.
You can delete your account here.
Additional
information

18. Example of a public
profile with citation
indices

19. Need more help?
Contact your subject librarian at UCT Libraries:
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/subject-librarians