Public profiles are searchable in Google Scholar, and users can choose to set up e-mail alerts for specific profiles.To follow a profile, click on the Follow button in the top right of the profile and select Follow New Articles or Follow New Citations or new Articles related to this author's research.

To receive alerts when a specific article has been cited, a Cited By Alert can be set up. To create this alert, click on the hyperlinked number to the right of the article title in the Cited By column. On the next screen select Create Alert in the bottom left corner.