Maximize Your Author Impact: Web of Science Researcher Profiles

Web of Science Researcher Profiles is a web platform where researchers can register for a unique researcher ID number and update their profile information, build their publication list, and select to make their profile public or private. It is now fully integrated with Publons.

Web of Science Researcher Profiles is a freely available resource for the global, multi-disciplinary scholarly research community. 

Find out more information about Web of Science Researcher Profiles here.

Having a Web of Science Researcher Profiles gives you the following benefits:

• Accurate author identification
• Online user profile
• Publication list
• Citation metrics available
• User privacy controls
• Collaboration with other researchers possible

Web of Science Researcher Profiles has the following limitations:

• Need to add publications that are not indexed by Web of Science manually or import them from another source

You can register for a ResearcherID here. You will be sent an email with a link to complete the registration. After providing some personal information, your uniqute ReseacherID is sent to you via email.

• Ensure that your Web of Science Researcher Profiles / ResearcherID has matched all your publications correctly. The information tied to the publications tied to your profile will affect your h-index.
• Integrate Web of Science Researcher Profiles/ Publons with ORCID. This allows researchers to:
  • log in to Publons using their ORCID account
  • export publications from their Publons profile to ORCID either automatically when Publons is updated or as a one-time action
  • export verified reviews from their Publons profile to ORCID either automatically when Publons is updated or as a one-time action
  • import publications from ORCID either automatically when ORCID is updated or as a one-time action
  • See more information on the ORCID website.