Search Google Profile via Publish or Perish (PoP)
The data for a researcher with a public Google Scholar Citations profile can be accessed with ease. Data can be exported in highly accessible value-added formats.
To do this execute your search in Publish or Perish using the Google Profile search option. Find the profile you are looking for by Auhor name, profile labels, or by profile ID (if known).
After launching Publish or Perish, select 'Google Profile' option from the available data sources.
Add the author "firstname lastname" within double speech marks to lookup. Select the relevant entry tick-box and click 'OK' to return relevant data.
The first section of the screen provides a summary of the author's annualized citation growth. This data can be copied to the clipboard for use in a document or spreadsheet.
Below that on the left side of the screen appears a summary metrics frame with
- Publication year range included
- Citation years included
- Number of papers (publications) in the profile
- Total number of citations for all the publications in the profile
- Cites divided by year
- Cites divided by paper
- Cites divided by number of authors for the publications
- Papers per author for the publications
- h-index for this author
- g-index for this author
- hI, norm
- hI, annual
- Count
This metrics can be saved to file in a variety of formats (.csv - .txt - .rtf)
Read more about PoP metrics
**Because not all metrics suit all researchers (due to age differences, field differences, publication strategies, etc.) it is important to be more flexible and select the metrics most appropriate to your purpose.
PoP tip 39: What the heck are all these metrics (1)? Simple metrics
PoP tip 40: What the heck are all these metrics (2)? H and G index
PoP tip 41: What the heck are all these metrics (3)? hI, norm and hI,annual
In the main section of the result screen, you will see the detailed individualised display of metrics per publication within the current Google profile. This detailed data can be exported by selecting 'Save as file' in any of the following formats:
- Full query report (.rtf)
- Results as csv
- Results as BibTeX
- Results as ISI/WoS export
- Results as JSON
Detailed metrics for each publication is computed and displayed (not immediately available by using the Google Scholar interface). This data can be shared with other applications to produce customised visualisations.
