This section gives information about Metadata and Automated Search sections of the Person profile. By getting familiar with the Person profile metadata and automated search it is possible to assist researchers in setting up their profile to make the most of Pure.

The Metadata section of the Person editor is divided into several sub-sections, discussed here in the order the appear in Pure:

The Automated Search section is discussed further down.

You can find a general overview of the Portal Profile settings at the end of this page.

Metadata

The Person profile contains all that is known about a researcher. The following is a brief description of the key points of interest:
 

Personal identification

Contains a researcher's name, name variants, titles, IDs, links and more.

Name

Name consists of First name(s) and Last name used to identify an individual. This is referred to as the original name. Variations of this can be added for specific purposes. See below.

Name variant

A number of name variants can be added to reflect the dynamics of names throughout time and place. The following table lists available variants and their usage.

Name variant	Scenario where to use
Default publishing name	Use this if you usually publish under a different name than your original name.  When new outputs are created this name variation will be used and the original name will be listed in parentheses( ).
Former name	Use if your name has changed, e.g. due to marriage, but you still want to be found (searchable) by your former name.
Known as	Use this if you are recognized in Pure by a different name variation than your original name. Both names are searchable.   Other examples could be Jim vs. James, Bill vs. William etc.
Translated name	Useful when you want to provide a transcribed name e.g. from English to Chinese:
Portal sort name	Useful if you want name to be sorted differently than default, e.g. when you have prepositions in your name as 'van der'  or 'de la' and want to take that into consideration.

ID

This section allows you to add a number of IDs (Employee ID, Scopus Author ID, Mendeley Profile ID etc.).

Scopus Author ID

Scopus Author ID can be used for matching content when importing outputs from Scopus. We recommend using Scopus Author ID to match Scopus imports on. Using names or name variants for matching can create matching issues as names are not unique (e.g. John Smith).

See also Automated search below.

While Scopus Author ID can be manually added to a Person's profile, there are several ways of automatically populating Scopus Author ID field. 

When adding Scopus Author ID, it is possible to search for it directly in Scopus with the name of the profile. Once added, it is clickable and will lead directly to the Scopus Author profile in the Scopus Database. This can be used to verify if the Scopus ID is correct.

ORCID

Researchers can enter their ORCID (or sign up for one via Pure) and export their Pure content to their public ORCID profile page. 

See attached manual for more details on how to connect your person profile with you ORCID: 
 

Add Links

Pure allows you to add links from your own websites and social media channels that will be displayed in your Pure Portal Profile:

Curriculum and research description

Here, a researcher can enrich their profile by providing a free text description of their research interests, teaching history etc. under one or more headings. Note that the headings are based on classifications and can be customized locally. If Pure is multilingual, the text can also be provided in other available languages. This information can be presented on the Pure portal or used as part of a Curriculum Vitae (CV).

Organizational affiliations

This section provides an overview of both current and former positions and affiliated organizations within the current employing institution. Note that inclusion/exclusion of employment history details is a matter of institutional decision.

Positions outside of the institution

Add any present and/or past positions and appointments not related to your current employer.

Education/Qualification

Add any information about your education and qualifications.

Person Expertise

An optional field. See Person Profile Configuration.

Keywords

Add any keywords that can be used to describe the person's research area(s). It is possible to enter an arbitrary number of self-defined keywords for every selected pre-defined keyword. Note that local configurations may have either removed this section completely or extended it compared to default settings.

Visibility

 Hide or limit the visibility of your Personal Profile from the Portal. It might be set to:

• Public - No restriction on website/portal and within Pure.
• Campus (Restricted to a specific IP range) from allowed IP-addresses, e.g. intranet.
• Backend - Restricted to Pure-users only. Only visible when logged in to Pure.

Automated search

This feature allows a researcher to add names or IDs to be matched in any of the available online sources. This will then make Pure look for content that matches either the name or ID and inform the researcher about a potential match in the online source reflected by a personal task named "Candidates in X".

Example: The researcher will be informed of a personal task named "Candidates in Scopus" if the selected source is Scopus:

To use the Automated search for a Person profile with a Scopus ID, navigate to Person profile (Edit profile) > Automated search:

If no Scopus Author ID is provided/used, it is possible to add one or more name variants to look for in the source. Note that the number of results will most likely be much higher when using name matches rather than a strict match on ID.

Portal Profile settings

The Person profile settings page also contains a number of sections dedicated to the Portal Profile. Here, Personal users can select the organization affiliations and metrics to be shown, and what content should be highlighted on their profile on the Pure Portal.