ORCID: Connect with Citation Databases

Connect to Scopus

Option 1 Connect from ORCID 

Step 1: Open ORCID from www.orcid.org link 

Step 2: Sign in using the link at the top right side of the page 

Step 3: Scroll down to the 'Works' green bar 

Step 4: From the right side of the green bar, click on + Add and select 'Search & Link' option 

Step 5: From the opened page, scroll down to 'Scopus - Elsevier' and click on it 

Step 6: Then follow the prompt and complete connecting your ORCID with your Scopus profile. 

Option 2 Connect from Scopus 

Step 1: Open Scopus Database from UCT Libraries website 'Databases A-Z' shortcut, (below the default search box) 

Step 2: From the top menu, click on 'Search' menu 

Step 3: Click on Authors tab and search by your name only 

Step 4: From the retrieved list, see below which describes what you have retrieved: 

Only one record retrieved 

1. Click on the name and open the profile 
2. Scan through the list of publications if they are all yours 
3. From the top side look for 'Connect to ORCID' and click on it 
4. Follow the prompt until you send your record and your publications to ORCID 
5. Once completed, your ORCID record will have your publications from Scopus reflected under 'Works' with 'your name via Scopus - Elsevier' indicated as a source for each publication. Additionally, you will also see your Scopus author ID on the left hand side under 'Other IDs'  

Multiple records retrieved 

Open each record and check the publications to check if it's your record. 

No authors were found

Most probably none of the journals or conference proceedings that you have published your articles or books and book chapters are not indexed in the Scopus database collection.

You may confirm by randomly select your publication title, and conduct 'Document' search using the top 'Search' menu.