Scopus distinguishes between authors with the same name by giving each author a separate Scopus Author Profiles and grouping together all the documents written by that author.

Find out more information about Scopus Author Profile here.

Having a Scopus Author Profile gives you the following benefits:

• Automatic author identification
• Publication list
• Citation metrics available

Scopus Author Profile has the following limitations:

• Author identification not accurate unless author feedback has been provided. Scopus provides a way to correct information in your profile and associated publications.

You will be automatically assigned a Scopus Author Profile when you publish in a journal indexed by Scopus.

These tutorials outline how you can create an author search, view author details, search for affiliations, review affiliation details, and use Scopus article metrics.

• Ensure that Scopus has matched all your publications to your Scopus Author Profile correctly. The information tied to the publications tied to your profile will affect your h-index.
• Integrate your Scopus Author Profile with ORCID to maximize the benefits that author identifiers offer.

• More information on the ORCID website

This help menu by Scopus provides instructions on how to:

• Evaluate an author's performance
• Find and group potential author matches
• Set up an alert or RSS feed for an author
• Create a Citation overview
• Find co-authors
• Request corrections to author details
• Add documents to a list

Contact your local Librarian for further advice.