LibGuides: Researcher Skills Toolkit: Keeping up to date

Many databases allow users to register, then set up alerts to send notifications when new citing references have been added.

Follow the steps below to set up citation alerts in Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar.

Ensure that you have signed into your personal Scopus account (see links at the top right of the Scopus screen).

To set up an alert for an article, display the publication record,
Click Set citation alert
Name the alert, ensure the email address is correct, and nominate the frequency (daily/weekly/monthly) you would like the alert email sent, then click Set alert
To set up an alert for all publications by an author, search for the author, then click the author's name to display the Author details page, click Set alert
On the Set alert window - rename the alert if required, select Author citation alert, then nominate the frequency (daily/weekly/monthly) you would like the alert email sent.
Click Set author citation alert.

You can change settings or delete an alert on the Alerts page. Setting an alert to ‘Inactive’ status does not delete the alert.

Ensure you have signed into your personal Web of Science account (see links at the top right of the Web of Science screen).

To set up an alert for an article, show the screen displaying the record for the article, click Create citation alert (at the top right side of the screen).
Name the alert, then click Create
To set up an alert for all publications by an author, search for the author, and select to view. At the results screen click Create Alert.

You can change settings or delete an alert on the Alerts page.

A Google Scholar Profile needs to be set up first. Follow the steps on the University of Newcastle Google Scholar Profiles Library Guide.
Once the profile is made Public click the Follow button
On the Follow this author window, select New citations to this author, enter your email address, then click Done.