Author profiles

Your Chive profile displays your scholarly identity and work.

Profile components

Basic information

• Display name
• Bio (Markdown supported)
• Avatar image
• Location (optional)
• Website URL (optional)

Affiliations

Your institutional affiliations are stored as a hierarchical tree. Each affiliation can include sub-units:

• University of Example (top-level institution with ROR ID)
  • School of Engineering (sub-unit)
    • Department of Computer Science (sub-unit)
      • AI Research Lab (sub-unit)

Affiliations link to institution nodes in the knowledge graph via AT-URIs, and can include ROR identifiers for unambiguous institution matching.

You can also record previous affiliations separately from current ones.

Research keywords

Add keywords that describe your research interests. Each keyword can optionally link to a Wikidata entity for disambiguation.

Identifiers

Link external identifiers to verify your identity and connect your publication history:

Identifier	Description
ORCID	Connects to your ORCID profile
AT Protocol DID	Your unique decentralized identifier
Semantic Scholar	Semantic Scholar author ID
OpenAlex	OpenAlex author ID
Google Scholar	Google Scholar profile ID
arXiv	arXiv author ID
OpenReview	OpenReview profile ID
DBLP	DBLP author key
Scopus	Scopus author ID

Name variants

Add alternative forms of your name (maiden name, transliterations, abbreviated forms) to improve paper matching accuracy during authorship claiming.

Activity summary

• Eprints authored
• Reviews written
• Endorsements given
• Fields of expertise

Setting up your profile

Initial setup

Your profile is created automatically when you sign in. Basic information is pulled from your PDS profile.

Adding ORCID

1. Go to Settings > Identifiers
2. Click "Link ORCID"
3. Authenticate with ORCID
4. Confirm the connection

ORCID linking is optional but recommended for identity verification.

Updating information

1. Go to Settings > Profile
2. Edit fields as needed
3. Click "Save"

Changes sync to your PDS and appear immediately on Chive.

Profile visibility

Profiles are public by default. The following information is always visible:

• Display name
• Bio
• Eprints authored
• Reviews and endorsements

The following can be hidden in settings:

• Email address
• Location
• Activity statistics

Authors page

The /authors page shows a personalized list of authors relevant to your research. What you see depends on your profile configuration:

• With research fields set: Authors who recently posted eprints in your fields, sorted by activity. This helps you discover active researchers in your areas.
• Without research fields: Authors from trending eprints across all fields.
• Anonymous visitors: Authors from globally trending eprints.

Muted authors (see below) are excluded from this page.

Muting authors

You can mute authors to hide their papers from feeds, discovery, and the authors page.

How to mute

1. Visit an author's profile page
2. Click the Mute button (bell icon with a slash)
3. The author's papers are hidden immediately

Where mutes apply

Muted authors are filtered from:

• The /eprints feed (New in Your Fields, trending)
• Related paper suggestions on eprint pages
• The /authors page
• Trending feeds

Mutes do not affect search results. Searching for a muted author or their papers still returns results.

How mutes are stored

For authenticated users, mute records are stored in your PDS as pub.chive.actor.mute records. This makes your mute list portable across clients. A localStorage backup is maintained for offline access.

For unauthenticated users, mutes are stored in localStorage only and do not persist across devices.

Unmuting

1. Visit the muted author's profile page
2. Click the Unmute button
3. Their papers reappear in feeds immediately

Claiming eprints

If eprints were imported from external sources (e.g., arXiv) before you joined Chive, you can claim them:

1. Go to Dashboard > Import Your Papers
2. Review suggested papers or search for your paper
3. Click Start Claim to begin the import process
4. Your Chive client creates a record in your PDS

Claims with strong evidence (e.g., ORCID match) are processed automatically. Others may require co-author confirmation. See Claiming authorship for details.

Deleting your profile

You can delete your Chive profile at any time:

1. Go to Settings > Account
2. Click "Delete Account"
3. Confirm deletion

Deletion removes your profile from Chive but does not affect data in your PDS. Your eprints remain accessible via their AT URIs.