Here’s how to do it: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Go to\u00a0scholar.google.com<\/a>\u00a0and (if you are not already logged in) click \u201csign in\u201d in the upper right corner. Sign in using your WSU credentials, then click on \u201cmy profile\u201d in the upper left hand corner to get started.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Challenge-2_1-792x278.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Be sure to complete your name, affiliation, and email address at this time. We recommend that you use your WSU email address. Later, check your email to complete the verification process. This will authorize Google Scholar to display your affiliation with the WSU as \u201cverified.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Challenge-2_2.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Next you\u2019ll be presented with a list of publications that Google Scholar thinks were written by you. Some may be yours, and some may not be, especially if you have a common name. If you are a prolific author, or if you have a very common name, there may be many publications to review the first time you set up your profile. If there are publications that don\u2019t belong to you, click the check box beside each and then click \u201cdelete.\u201d This will remove the record for that item from your profile.\n
\n- If Google has identified multiple records that are really referring to the same work, you can click the checkbox next to all records that refer to the same work and click \u201cmerge.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you do not have any publications, Google Scholar will present you with some options for publications that it thinks could belong to you. Unfortunately, in order to move forward with the process, you will have to accept one of these and then later remove it from your profile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- When you’re done, click “Next.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Challenge-2_3.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Now you’ll be given two decisions to make:\n
\n- Do you want Google Scholar to automatically add your publications to your profile as it finds them (without you having to do anything), or do you want it to send you an email with publications to review before they appear on your profile? This is up to you, and you can change it later if you wish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Do you want your profile to be public? If you check the box to make it public, you\u2019ll be more \u201cGoogleable\u201d by others. If you have a long list of publications to review (from step 3) and haven\u2019t gone through them all yet, you may wish to set your profile to private until you\u2019re confident that the work represented on it is all truly yours, and then switch it to public. You can always change your profile from private to public and vice versa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Challenge-2_4.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Click \u201cFollow\u201d in the upper right hand corner of your profile page to receive email alerts for any new publications associated with you, as well as new citations of your work. (Tip: you can \u201cfollow\u201d new publications and new citations for any researcher with a public Google Scholar profile, not just yourself)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\r\n \n\r\n\t\n\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Challenge-2_6-792x426.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n\t\n\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Challenge-2_5.png\")
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\n\n\n\nWhat next? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Consider whether you want to add a picture to your profile<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Use \u201cAlerts\u201d to create email alerts for new publications that match any search terms you choose<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Enhance your profile by adding co-authors: click \u201cEdit\u201d next to \u201cCo-authors\u201d on the right-hand side of your profile page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Learn more: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n- Read about Google Scholar\u2019s citation metrics<\/a>–a sneak preview of the themes we\u2019ll dig into in Week 2 of this challenge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Set up alerts in other major scholarly databases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Be sure to complete your name, affiliation, and email address at this time. We recommend that you use your WSU email address. Later, check your email to complete the verification process. This will authorize Google Scholar to display your affiliation with the WSU as \u201cverified.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
- \n
- Next you\u2019ll be presented with a list of publications that Google Scholar thinks were written by you. Some may be yours, and some may not be, especially if you have a common name. If you are a prolific author, or if you have a very common name, there may be many publications to review the first time you set up your profile. If there are publications that don\u2019t belong to you, click the check box beside each and then click \u201cdelete.\u201d This will remove the record for that item from your profile.\n
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- If Google has identified multiple records that are really referring to the same work, you can click the checkbox next to all records that refer to the same work and click \u201cmerge.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you do not have any publications, Google Scholar will present you with some options for publications that it thinks could belong to you. Unfortunately, in order to move forward with the process, you will have to accept one of these and then later remove it from your profile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- When you’re done, click “Next.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
- \n
- Now you’ll be given two decisions to make:\n
- \n
- Do you want Google Scholar to automatically add your publications to your profile as it finds them (without you having to do anything), or do you want it to send you an email with publications to review before they appear on your profile? This is up to you, and you can change it later if you wish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Do you want your profile to be public? If you check the box to make it public, you\u2019ll be more \u201cGoogleable\u201d by others. If you have a long list of publications to review (from step 3) and haven\u2019t gone through them all yet, you may wish to set your profile to private until you\u2019re confident that the work represented on it is all truly yours, and then switch it to public. You can always change your profile from private to public and vice versa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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- Click \u201cFollow\u201d in the upper right hand corner of your profile page to receive email alerts for any new publications associated with you, as well as new citations of your work. (Tip: you can \u201cfollow\u201d new publications and new citations for any researcher with a public Google Scholar profile, not just yourself)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\r\n \n\r\n\t\n\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n\t\n\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhat next? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
- \n
- Consider whether you want to add a picture to your profile<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Use \u201cAlerts\u201d to create email alerts for new publications that match any search terms you choose<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Enhance your profile by adding co-authors: click \u201cEdit\u201d next to \u201cCo-authors\u201d on the right-hand side of your profile page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Learn more: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
- \n
- Read about Google Scholar\u2019s citation metrics<\/a>–a sneak preview of the themes we\u2019ll dig into in Week 2 of this challenge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Set up alerts in other major scholarly databases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Set up alerts in other major scholarly databases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Enhance your profile by adding co-authors: click \u201cEdit\u201d next to \u201cCo-authors\u201d on the right-hand side of your profile page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Click \u201cFollow\u201d in the upper right hand corner of your profile page to receive email alerts for any new publications associated with you, as well as new citations of your work. (Tip: you can \u201cfollow\u201d new publications and new citations for any researcher with a public Google Scholar profile, not just yourself)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
- Now you’ll be given two decisions to make:\n
- Next you\u2019ll be presented with a list of publications that Google Scholar thinks were written by you. Some may be yours, and some may not be, especially if you have a common name. If you are a prolific author, or if you have a very common name, there may be many publications to review the first time you set up your profile. If there are publications that don\u2019t belong to you, click the check box beside each and then click \u201cdelete.\u201d This will remove the record for that item from your profile.\n