Locating one's H Index in Scopus (From University of Cape Town Libraries)

1. Locating one’s H-index in Scopus
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UCT Bibliometrics Working Group
October 2015

2. From the library page: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/
Mouse over ‘Search & Find’ & Choose ‘Databases (A-Z)’

3. From the Electronic Databases page choose “S” then scroll down to choose “Scopus”

4. • Select the “Author Search” tab
• Type surname in “Last Name” box
• Type first initial in the “Initials” box
• Type in the affiliation, i.e. University of Cape Town
• Click Search

5. • Tick the relevant boxes
• Click on “View Citation Overview”

6. • View “Author h Index”
• Tick boxes to Update analytics to exclude self citations
etc. (see right hand side of screen) and click “Update”

7. • You can also “request to merge authors” so that all publications appear
together.
• Once Elsevier has merged the authors in this instance articles will appear
together instead of in 3 separate sections.

8. Need more help?
Contact your subject librarian at UCT Libraries:
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/subject-librarians