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  • How do I start on SciProfiles?

    1. Create SciProfiles Account.

    • Go to https://sciprofiles.com/ and input your name, email address and password (at least eight letters, with at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one number without spaces) to register;
    • Click the link in the email you received for validation (HTML format allowed in your mailbox). An account will be created for you.

    • If you already have an MDPI account (account registered on platforms including SuSy, SciForum, Preprints, Encyclopedia, MDPI.com), you can directly log in to SciProfiles with your registered email and password.

    2. Set up your profile.

    • Log in to SciProfiles using your MDPI account;
    • Click “+ New Keywords“ to input your research keywords (at least three). You can input one keyword and click Enter to add one by one, or add in batches by separating your keywords with semicolons.

    3. Make your profile more perfect.

  • How do I link my ORCID?

    1. Click on the small gear icon at the top right corner of the screen.
    2. Choose “Edit My Profile” to go to your Basic Info page.
    3. Click "VERIFY ORCID".
    4. Log in to your ORCID account and authorize MDPI to access.

    If you got the message "The provided ORCID is already in use by another profile", please contact [email protected]

  • How do I add additional emails?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner of the screen.
    2. Go to your Settings and Privacy page.
    3. Click “Add new email”.
    4. Input your new email address and submit.
    5. Click the link in the activation email you received to verify it.


    If you do not have access to the email address anymore, please contact [email protected]

  • How do I add/change my photo?

    1. Click the pencil icon at the top left corner of the page.
    2. Click “Upload photo” to select the photo (maximum allowed size is 5.12 MB) you wish to upload.
    3. Click “Apply” to upload your photo.

  • How do I add my publications?

    The easiest way to add a publication is to add an additional email under which the publication was published, the system will automatically add that publication together with all the publications that have been published under that email.

    There are three main other ways to add publications to your profile: importing them from your ORCID ID, searching by DOI/PMID or uploading a BibTex file. To add publications:
    1. Click “Publications” on the top navigation bar.
    2. Click “My Publications” and then “Add a New Publication”.
    3. If you have already linked your ORCID and authorized access, you can click “Import” to import from your ORCID account or choose “Search” (by DOI or PMID) or “Upload” (by bib. file). If you have not verified your ORCID account, click “Validate” first and import from your ORCID account or by Search DOI or PMID number, or Upload a BibTex file.

  • How do I claim authorship for a particular publication?

    1. Search the publications you want to claim via the search box on the top right corner of the page.
    2. Find the article and click the title to go to the article page.
    3. Click “Request”, choose “Authorship” and then select your name in the dropdown list. If you cannot find your name in the list, leave it as “New”.
    4. Click “Request” on the popup page to confirm your action. The article will be displayed on your profile after the authorship request is approved.

  • How do I delete a publication that is not mine?

    If you find a publicaiton in your profile which is not yours,

    1. Click “Publications” on the top navigation bar.
    2. Find the publication that is not yours, click “Remove” to remove it.
    3. Click “Remove Authorship” to confirm the delete.

    If the publication cannot be removed, please contact [email protected]

    Please note that there is a delay for database updates. Please check again 30 min later.

  • How do I manage the notification emails?
    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner of the screen.
    2. Click “Notification Settings” to go to the notification center page.
    3. Select or cancel the notification items.
  • How do I manage the SciFeed?

    SciFeed keeps you informed by email as soon as new articles matching your queries are pulished from more than 119 million publications.

    1. Click “Publications” on the top navigation bar.
    2. Click “SciFeed” and then you can add new or manage all the subscription you have already added.
  • How do I close the profile?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner of the screen.
    2. Click “Settings and Privacy” to go to the setting page.
    3. Click “Close Account” at the bottom of the page.
    4. Select a reason and confirm your action by clicking “Submit”.
    Your profile will now be invisible to the public.

    Attention: Your profile will be activated once you log in to SciProfiles again.

Account Settings
  • Where can I find my account Settings?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner on the homepage.
    2. Click “Settings And Privacy” to go to the settings page. You can set your primary email, password, news feed preference and public visibility or close your account on this page.

  • How to change my password?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner on the homepage.
    2. Click “Settings and Privacy” to go to the setting page. You can change your password here.
    3. Click “Change password” to confirm the change.

  • How to change my primary email?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner on the homepage.
    2. Click “Settings and Privacy” to go to the setting page.
    3. Choose the email you would like to use as your primary email, and click the “Set as primary” button.

  • How do I close my profile?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner of the screen.
    2. Click “Settings and Privacy” to go to the setting page.
    3. Click “Close Account” at the bottom of the page.
    4. Select a reason and confirm your action by clicking “Submit”.
    Your profile will now be invisible to the public.

    Attention: Your profile will be activated once you log in to SciProfiles again.

Profiles
  • How do I start on SciProfiles?

    1. Create SciProfiles Account.

    • Go to https://sciprofiles.com/ and input your name, email address and password (at least eight letters, with at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one number without spaces) to register;
    • Click the link in the email you received for validation (HTML format allowed in your mailbox). An account will be created for you.

    • If you already have an MDPI account (account registered on platforms including SuSy, SciForum, Preprints, Encyclopedia, MDPI.com), you can directly log in to SciProfiles with your registered email and password.

    2. Set up your profile.

    • Log in to SciProfiles using your MDPI account;
    • Click “+ New Keywords“ to input your research keywords (at least three). You can input one keyword and click Enter to add one by one, or add in batches by separating your keywords with semicolons.

    3. Make your profile more perfect.

  • How do I edit/add my short biography?

    1. Click “My Profile” to go to your profile page.
    2. Click the pencil icon beside "Short Biography" on the left side of the page to edit your short biography.
    3. Click “Submit” to confirm your edit.

  • How do I link my ORCID?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner on the homepage.
    2. Click “Edit My Profile” to go to the user information page.
    3. Click "VERIFY ORCID".
    4. Log in to your ORCID account and authorize MDPI to access.

    If you got the message "The provided ORCID is already in use by another profile", please contact [email protected]

  • How do I add additional institution?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner on the homepage.
    2. Click “Edit My Profile” to go to the user information page.
    3. Click the “Add” button under the current institution to add additional institution and department (optional) information.
    4. Click the “Save Basic info” button to confirm the changes.

    Attention: The institution placed on the top of the list is considered as primary. You can change your primary institution by dragging it down within the icon at the end.

  • How can I manage my publications?

    1. Click “Publications” on the top navigation bar. You can check your publication list on this page;
    2. You can click “Add a New Publications” to add more publications; Click “remove” to remove authorship for a single publication; or click “Pending Publications” under the “Publications Import” menu to check your pending publicatons list and provide additional information for publications in this list.

  • I just changed my research field; where can I edit my research expertise?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner of the screen.
    2. Click “Edit My Profile”, scroll down to the Research Keywords part; you can add/edit your research keywords as well as the research subjects and subdomains.
    3. Click the “Save Research info” to confirm the change.

  • How do I add/edit my career information?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner of the screen.
    2. Click “Edit My Profile” to go to the user information page.
    3. Click “Add new career” at the bottom of the page to add your experience or click "Edit" to update.

  • How do I add/edit honors & awards information?

    1. Click the small gear icon at the top right corner of the screen.
    2. Click “Edit My Profile” to go to the user information page.
    3. Click “Add new award” at the botton of the page if you do not have any award information yet or click “Edit” to update the current information.

Publications
  • Why some of my publications are automatically listed in my profile while others are not?

    SciProfiles serves as a hub for all MDPI platforms. All the publications you published with MDPI or any publications indexed by Scilit, a database powered by MDPI, will be automatically matched with your account. Once matched successfully, those publications will be automatically listed in your profile. Publications that do not exist in our database or lack key information will go to the pending publications list. Those pending publications will need further validation from you before they can be added to your publication list.

  • How do I add my publications?

    The easiest way to add a publication is to add an additional email under which the publication was published, the system will automatically add that publication together with all the publications that have been published under that email.

    There are three main other ways to add publications to your profile: importing them from your ORCID ID, searching by DOI/PMID or uploading a BibTex file. To add publications:
    1. Click “Publications” on the top navigation bar.
    2. Click “My Publications” and then “Add a New Publication”.
    3. If you have already linked your ORCID and authorized access, you can click “Import” to import from your ORCID account or choose “Search” (by DOI or PMID) or “Upload” (by bib. file). If you have not verified your ORCID account, click “Validate” first and import from your ORCID account or by Search DOI or PMID number, or Upload a BibTex file.

  • How do I claim authorship for a particular publication?

    1. Search the publications you want to claim via the search box on the top right corner of the page.
    2. Find the article and click the title to go to the article page.
    3. Click “Request”, choose “Authorship” and then select your name in the dropdown list. If you cannot find your name in the list, leave it as “New”.
    4. Click “Request” on the popup page to confirm your action. The article will be displayed on your profile after the authorship request is approved.

  • How do I delete a publication that is not mine?

    1. Click “Publications” on the top navigation bar and you will see your Publication list.
    2. Find the publication that is not yours and click “Remove” to remove it.
    3. Click “Remove Authorship” to confirm the delete.

    If the publication cannot be removed, please contact [email protected]

    Please note that there would be delay for database updates. Please check again 30 min later.

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