Google Scholar Profiles bring together an author's work within Google Scholar. You must sign up in order to have a Google Author Profile. Google Scholar profiles are private by default, but can be made public by users. When a profile is made public and has been linked to a verified institutional email address, it will appear when the author or articles by the author are searched.

Google Scholar is the most widely used discovery tool for scholarly literature. Completing your Google Scholar Profile will make your works more discoverable in Google, and provide you with access to your citation metrics from Google Scholar.

Google Scholar advises that if you see your work on another researcher's profile it is best to contact that researcher directly.

Creating a Google Scholar Author Profile

1. Make sure that you're signed into your Google Account. 
2. Sign up for a Scholar Profile. Note - adding your institutional email here is required to make your profile visible in Google search results. 
3. Add your articles and manage permissions.
4. Verify that your Public Access page in Google Scholar is accurate. 
5. Complete your profile.