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Google Scholar:How to set up your profile
UCT Bibliometrics Working Group
February 2017
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Set up a profileStep 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.
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Click on Add articles and then tick the boxes next to the articles you wish to add.
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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.
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Example of a public profile with citation indices
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