You can configure Pure to automatically scan online sources like Scopus and ORCID for your publications. When a potential match is found, it is presented to you as a “candidate” that you can review and import. This means you won't have to manually fill in all the data, which saves a lot of time. Before setting up automated search, make sure to Link your ORCID to your Pure profile and make sure your Name Variants are up-to-date, otherwise the automated search might not be very effective, or even suggest lots of non-relevant items.

Set up automated search like so:

• From your personal overview page, click Edit profile.
• In the left navigation menu of the editor, click Automated search.

TODO: Add screenshot: The left navigation pane of the user profile editor, with an arrow pointing to “Automated search”, as in QRC p.43.

• You will see a list of available online sources (e.g., Scopus, ORCID, arXiv). For each source you want to use, toggle the switch to On.

TODO: Add screenshot: The “Enable automated search” section showing the Scopus source with the toggle switch turned to “On”, as in QRC p.55.

• Click Save at the bottom of the page once done.

IMPORTANT: To avoid creating duplicates, we strongly advise you to limit the number of sources. Enabling just Scopus or ORCID is usually sufficient.

When an automated search finds publications, they will appear in the My personal tasks list on your Pure overview page.

• Click on the task (e.g., “3 Research outputs can be imported from Scopus”).
• You will see a list of candidate publications. For each one, you can Import or Reject.
• CRITICAL: Before clicking import, click the small triangle next to the import button and choose Import & match. This gives you an overview of how Pure will match authors and other metadata, allowing you to make corrections before the final import.

TODO: Add screenshot: The dropdown menu next to an import candidate, showing the “Import”, “Import & match”, and “Import & save” options, with “Import & match” highlighted, as in QRC p.44.