Verify Your Publications

This guide explains how to validate the publications attributed to you in Atlas Verify.

Why Verify?

Bibliographic databases can contain errors:

• Homonyms: Another "Jean Dupont" may have publications incorrectly attributed to you
• Name variants: "J. Dupont", "Jean-Pierre Dupont" can create confusion
• Data entry errors: Publishers sometimes make mistakes

Your validation helps build a reliable and complete profile.

Types of Decisions

Confirm a Publication

Use this option when you are certain that the article is yours.

Useful clues:

• You recognize the title and co-authors
• The affiliation matches your career
• The date is consistent with your career

Reject a Publication

Use this option when you are certain that the article is not yours.

Common cases:

• Homonym (same name, different researcher)
• Obvious error (completely different field)
• Impossible date (before your studies, for example)

Tip: If you know the actual author, you can suggest them to help the database.

Mark as Uncertain

Use this option when you don't know:

• Old article you no longer remember
• Co-author you don't recognize
• Title that doesn't ring a bell

The article will remain in your queue for later review.

Report a Duplicate

Multiple entries may correspond to the same article:

• ArXiv preprint + published version
• Publisher DOI + institutional repository DOI
• Successive versions with corrections

Merge them to avoid duplicates in your bibliography.

Confidence Levels

For each decision, indicate your level of certainty:

Level	Meaning	Use
Certain	I have no doubt	You perfectly recognize the article
Probable	I think yes/no	The article seems familiar/unfamiliar
Possible	It's possible	You're not sure but it's plausible
Uncertain	I really don't know	Old article or failing memory

Matching Score

Each candidate publication displays an automatically calculated confidence score:

Score 95%+: Very high confidence (ORCID confirmed)
Score 80-95%: High confidence (name + affiliation match)
Score 50-80%: Medium confidence (similar name, plausible context)
Score <50%: Low confidence (verification recommended)

Criteria Considered

Criterion	Impact	Explanation
ORCID present	+++++	Your ORCID is in the article's metadata
Matching email	++++	Your institutional email is mentioned
Exact name	+++	First and last name identical
Known affiliation	+++	Institution in your career history
Known co-authors	++	You have already validated articles with them
Related topic	+	Research domain similar to your other publications

Batch Verification

To save time, you can:

1. Filter by confidence score (e.g., show only >90%)
2. Select multiple similar articles
3. Confirm in batch all selected articles

Warning: Batch verification is reserved for high-confidence articles. If in doubt, verify individually.

Auto-confirmation

You can enable auto-confirmation for very high confidence publications:

Settings → Auto-confirmation → Threshold: 95%

Articles with a score ≥ 95% (generally those with confirmed ORCID) will be automatically added to your profile.

Decision History

All your decisions are recorded with:

• Date and time
• Indicated confidence level
• Any notes

You can reverse a decision at any time from the history.

Best Practices

1. Start with high scores - Faster and less risky
2. Check the co-authors - If you recognize a co-author, that's a good sign
3. Check the affiliation - Does it match your career at that date?
4. If in doubt, mark "uncertain" - You can come back to it later
5. Document rejections - Note why it's not you (helps the system)

See Also

• Manage your career - Verify your affiliations
• Expertise profile - Your research domains

Technical documentation: Author verification - For developers