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Web of Science: Researcher Profile Workshop

What is Web of Science: Researcher Profile?

Web of Science is a citation database, meaning you search it to locate additional, relevant sources more than you search for individual articles. The Researcher Profile is a tool where researchers can claim pre-created entries, or create new entries, for their published works. The Researcher Profile includes tools to show citation impact, including a geographic view.

What are the resources listed on this page?

The box labeled Web of Science: Researcher Profile Resources contains resources specifically to help create and use that tool in the Web of Science database. The box labeled Web of Science: General Resources contains resources to perform searches or utilize other functions in the Web of Science database.

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Web of Science: Researcher Profiles Resources

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Videos

Web of Science Researcher Profiles (Course)
This self-paced course guides learners through creating and maintaining a Researcher Profile in Web of Science. No login is required for this course.
Web of Science Researcher Profiles (Help Page)
This webpage contains an introduction to Research Profiles as well as specific guidance for managing the Researcher Profile, using its metrics, and more. It is useful as a reference guide.
Researcher Profiles Quick Guide (PDF)
This quick guide features images to help guide users through the Researcher Profile. Unfortunately, it is not fully accessible for screen readers. If you need assistance, please contact the librarians via email.

Citation: Web of Science Training. (2024, Nov. 26). Web of Science: Create an account [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj52VKHtmBQ

Citation: Keeping your Web of Science author profile up to date [Video]. (2025). Web of Science Help Center, Clarivate. https://webofscience.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/23305024505745-Keeping-your-author-profile-up-to-date-video

Citation: Web of Science Training. (2025, Jun. 23). Web of Science Citation Report [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjXVtu42KUg

Citation: Web of Science Training. (2025, Jun. 20). Understand your Research Footprint with Web of Science [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtoTkyMpMo

NOTE: The closed captioning labeled 'English-English' is actually in Spanish. For English closed captioning, select 'English - Auto Generated.'

Web of Science Help Home
This webpage collects guidance on various aspects of using Web of Science, including search tools, results, and citation reports.
Web of Science Essentials (Course)
This self-paced, online course covers aspects of searching and using tools within Web of Science. When completed, users earn a certificate. Note that you must create an account on this webpage to enroll in the course.
Web of Science Training
This YouTube channel features many tutorial videos for Web of Science from Clarivate, the database publisher.

Citation: Web of Science Training. (2024, Nov. 29). Start searching with Topic or All Fields [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99accuhj1m0

Citation: Web of Science Training. (2025, Mar. 24). Build Better Searches in Web of Science [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgtN-mMkajg

Citation: Web of Science Training. (2024, Dec. 19). Using the Advanced Search Query Builder [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UQ4z1P-bRc

Citation: Web of Science Training. (2024, Dec. 19). Strategies for combining search fields [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SNsMQa73CU

Citation: Web of Science Training. (2024, Dec. 20). Combining Search Sets in Advanced Search [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hzGRSzZ6ps