Search for publications

This page will guide you through the features of the Publications look up tool, and also how to enter a publication manually if necessary.

Once you have followed the steps on Add outcomes to an award, you will then be presented with the following screen:

To change the publication source, simply select one of the titles in the tabs across the upper part of the screen i.e. Web of Science, ORCID etc.

Each source will utilise a Unique Identifier to location a publication directly, we have included explicit instructions and explanations on the tab for each source.

Looking up publications using unique identifier(s)

Once you are within the appropriate source simply begin inputting your ID’s. These can be input one at a time, or in bulk.

Please note that if you are intending to bulk add these you will need to copy them from a pre-ordered list where one of the following criteria apply:

all ID’s are on separate lines (use Microsoft Word, Notepad, or similar)
all ID’s are within unique cells (use Microsoft Excel or similar)
all ID’s are comma separated (use Microsoft Word or Excel, Notepad, or similar)

Enter the ID’s into the relevant box and then click the ‘Search of publications’ button to perform the search/look up.

Manual search for publications

If you do not have the ID for your publication(s) it is also possible to perform searches against various fields within each of the sources apart from DOI and ORCID.

If any special requirements or behaviours are expected of the source chosen, there will be displayed below the relevant source search.

All searches available for the provided sources
	PubMed	Web of Science	ISBN	Theses	Inspire/HEP	NASA/ADS
First Author	yes			yes	yes
Title	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Any Author	yes	yes	yes		yes	yes
Publication Year	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Keywords	yes	yes			yes

Adding publications

Once the search results (either using ID’s or manual search criteria) have been returned, you will be presented with a table similar to the following:

Select which of the publications you wish to add to the award using the corresponding tick box to the left of the search result, the background will change colour, highlighting the selection.

You will notice the section under the table change working to reflect your choices:

Publications search results select options

Once you are happy with your selection, click on the ‘Add to Portfolio’ button to begin the process.

Common error messages

It is possible for your Searches to fail from time to time. If this happens you will be provided with an error code or statement to help diagnose where, and how the error occurred. The list blow shows the most common errors:

REASON_DUPLICATE_ID - The publication ID is already input into the search field.
REASON_ID_SYNTAX - The incorrect Syntax has been used.
REASON_ID_MISSING - The ID is recognised, the syntax is correct – the publication cannot be found.

If you encounter an error other than the ones listed above please send a screenshot of the error as well as any relevant details about its creation to support@researchfish.com.