How do I view information about an author's co-authors?
Last updated on August 15, 2024
The 'Co-Author' tab lists authors that have written a document with a specific author, and also lists the number of documents written by co-authors. The co-author list contains:
- The total number of authors found (up to 150 of the most frequently occurring authors are listed).
- The number of documents found for each author.
How
Follow these steps to find co-authors:
- Run any kind of search to locate the main author.
- Click on an author's name in the search results. The author page opens.
- On the author page, choose one of the following ways to view the co-authors:
- Click the ‘n Co-authors’ tab below the author details box.
- Or, in the author details box, click the number of documents listed in the ‘Co-authors’ field.
A list of co-authors displays with the following options:
View all in search results format
Click ‘View all in search results format’ to open a results listing displaying all co-author documents.
A results list opens, and from here, you may use the various document search results functions to refine the list of co-author documents.
For more information, see How do I work with document search results?
View co-author overview
Click ‘View co-author overview’ to open the Analyze author output page. The Co-author tab opens.
For more information, see How do I use the Analyze Author Output function?
View co-author information
Click on a co-author’s name to open his or her Scopus author details page.
For more information, see What can I do on an author details page?
Click on a co-author’s number of documents to view his or her documents results list.
For more information, see How do I work with document search results?
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