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This is a step-by-step guide on how to generate a citation report from Scopus.

Please note that a Scopus citation report is not required for NTU's Promotion and Tenure (PT). 

If you need any help in generating a Scopus citation report yourself, please do not hesitate to contact us.

3 Simple Steps to Generate your Scopus Citation Report

Instructions for Accessing and Updating Your Scopus Author Profile

  1. Click here to access Scopus.

  2. Register or sign in to your Scopus account using your NTU e-mail address.
    Note: Signing in is required to merge author profiles and create a saved list.

  3. After you are signed in, navigate to the 'Authors' tab (highlighted in red in the image) to search for your author profile.

  4. If your ORCID iD is correctly linked to your publications you can:

  • Select 'ORCID' from the drop-down menu (highlighted in red).
  • Enter your ORCID iD and click Search.

5. If you do not have an ORCID iD:

  • Leave the default 'Author name' selected.
  • Enter your last name and first name in the respective fields (highlighted in red).
  • Click Search.

6. In the Author Results section, select the relevant author profile(s). If multiple profiles are listed:

  • Choose those that belong to you.
  • Click 'Request to Merge Authors' to open the Author Feedback Wizard.

7. Use the Author Feedback Wizard to:

  • Make corrections to your document list by selecting the documents you wish to link to your Author profile.

  • And/or search for any documents that may currently be missing from your Author profile.
  • Once complete, click 'Review request' at at the bottom.

8. For detailed guidance, click here to view a quick video tutorial from Scopus on how to correct your author profile.
Note: Changes are not immediate and will not appear in Scopus or within the Author Feedback Wizard until the processing is complete.

 

 

Verify your Publications linked to your Author Profile(s)

1. Access the Authors Tab

  • On the main search page, click on the 'Authors' tab.
  • Enter your author name in the search fields.

2. Select Your Author Profile

  • Identify and select the author names that belong to you.

3. Review Associated Documents

  • Click on 'Show Documents' to review the documents associated with your profile.

4. Filter Document Types

  • In the 'Document Type' section (highlighted in red on the left sidebar):
    • Ensure selected documents are limited to articles, review articles, proceeding papers, book chapters, or early access.
    • Exclude erratum/corrections, meeting abstracts, editorial materials, letters, or author replies to comply with NTU Promotion and Tenure Review Committee guidelines.
    • For example, to exclude "Editorial" from your list:
      1. Select 'Editorial' from the list.
      2. Click 'Exclude' (highlighted in green) at the bottom of the sidebar.


 

5. Select Publications Belonging to You

  • From the document list, tick the checkbox for only the publications that belong to you.

6. Save Publications to a List

  • After selecting the desired publications, click 'Save to List'.

7. Create or Add to a List

  • In the pop-up window:
    • To create a new list, enter a name in the 'Enter name of new list' field (highlighted in red).
    • To add to an existing list, use the 'Select from your Saved Lists' dropdown menu (highlighted in red).
  • Click 'Save List' (highlighted in red).

8. Confirm Saved Documents

  • Once saved, a confirmation message will appear at the top of the results page (highlighted in red).

9. Access Your Saved List

  • Click on your user account (top-right corner) to access the 'Saved List'.

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  • Select the desired saved list to view your publications.


 

Removing a publication (document) from the Document Saved List

10. To remove a document:

  • Tick the checkbox next to the document title.
  • Click 'Delete' (highlighted in green).
  • The 'Document Results' page will refresh, showing that the document has been removed

   
 

Adding a Missing Publication to the Saved List

11. To add a missing publication:

  • Click 'Search' at the top-right corner (highlighted in red).

  • Search in the 'Documents' field (highlighted in green).


 



Correcting Your Author Profile

For detailed guidance, click here to view a quick video tutorial from Scopus on how to correct your author profile.
Please note that changes for this process are not immediate and will not appear in Scopus or within the Author Feedback Wizard until the processing is complete.

 

Generating a Citation Report

You can generate a citation report using one of the following methods:

  1. From the Author Profile

    • Important: Ensure all corrections to your author profile have been processed and updated by Scopus to guarantee accuracy.
    • For guidance on how to correct your author profile, refer to the Scopus Quick Video Tutorial.
    • Note: Updates are not immediate and may take time to reflect in Scopus.
       
  2. From the Saved List

    • Important: Ensure you have successfully completed Step 2: Verify your Publications Linked to Your Author Profile before generating the report.

 

From the Author Profile

1. Access the Authors Tab

  • On the main search page, click on the 'Authors' tab.
  • Enter your author name in the search fields.

2. Review Your Author Profile

  • Select your name from the list of results to review your Author Profile.

3. Edit Your Profile

  • On the Author Profile Page, click on 'Edit Profile' to update your information accurately.

4. Generate a Citation Report

  • Once your profile is updated, click on 'Citation Overview' to generate a citation report, as shown below.

 

From the Saved List

  1. Retrieve Your Publications

    • Access your Saved List following the instructions under 'Accessing the Document Saved List' in Step 2.
  2. Ensure Accuracy

    • Verify that the Saved List is accurate and up-to-date.
  3. Select All Titles

    • Click on 'Check All' to select all titles from your Saved List.
  4. Export the List

    • Click on 'Export' and choose 'CSV Excel' to download your publications.

 

5. Open your downloaded CSV file and retrieve the EIDs on the last column. 

 

6.  Go to Scopus Search and click on 'Advanced document search'.

 

7.  Enter query string - EID( ) and place all your retrieved EIDs between the brackets, separating them with an "OR" boolean operator. (See image below for example.)
Tip: If you have many EIDs to key, you can use MS Excel's concatenate function - =CONCAT(A1, " OR "). Then apply the function to the entire column.  

 

8.  Check 'All' then click on 'Citation Overview' to review the citation trends and the overall impact of your publications.



For additional guidance, there is also a video tutorial available on how to generate a citation overview from a Saved List. You can watch it here.