Web of Science researcher profiles are created algorithmically using article metadata from the Core Collection. No algorithm will ever be 100% correct, therefore there are multiple ways to correct researcher profiles in Web of Science.
Merging researcher profiles
If multiple researcher profiles contain publications by the same author, the ‘Merge records’ option can be used to combine all or some of them into one profile.
- Sign in to your Web of Science account.
- From the researcher search results page, tick the checkbox of each researcher profile containing publications by the same author. Then click Merge records.
- Tick any publications that are not written by this author and click Remove. These will be removed from the merged researcher profile. The publications can be refined by author name, journal, and/or institution to help make the process easier. Removed publications are visible in the Remove tab. If none need to be removed, proceed to the next step.
- Proceed and submit your request.
- Requests are reviewed by our team of editors. You will receive an email to confirm receipt of your request and another to confirm whether the change has been accepted.
Important: If the profiles that need to be merged are claimed, then a separate process to merge accounts needs to be initiated by the profile owner.
Important: Changes to researcher profiles take 3-5 days after acceptance to be visible in Web of Science. Please do not submit duplicate merge requests during this time.
Remove publications for a single researcher profile
- Sign in to your Web of Science account.
- Navigate to the author record and click Remove publications.
- Tick any publications that are not written by this author and click Remove. These will be removed from the researcher profile. The publications can be refined by author name, journal, and/or institution to help make the process easier. Removed publications are visible in the Remove tab.
- Proceed and submit your request.
- Requests are reviewed by our team of editors. You will receive an email to confirm receipt of your request and another to confirm whether the change has been accepted.
Important: Changes to researcher profiles take 3-5 days after acceptance to be visible in Web of Science. Please do not submit duplicate merge requests during this time.
Viewing a combined author record
You can use View combined record to temporarily view a combination of two or more researcher profiles. This does not merge the records permanently. Use the merge and remove workflows to permanently correct researcher profiles.