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Change "Journal article" to "Refereed journal article" type

When journal articles were populated from your ORCiD or Google Scholar to Elements, some of the Refereed journal articles are accidentally categorized as Journal articles or Conference paper or presentation (or vise versa). Below are two ways of changing the type of Scholarly & create work (Option 1 | Option 2).

Option 1

1.  In the main My scholarly & creative works page, locate the entry to change the type. Below is an example with JOURNAL ARTICLE (highlighted in yellow). Click the pencil icon (circled in yellow) next to the type of work JOURNAL ARTICLE.

Pencil icon for edit the work type

2. Edit scholarly & creative work type pop-up window will appear. Select Refereed journal article (highlighted in yellow) to change the type of work.

Refereed journal article type selected

3. The work type was changed to Refereed journal article.

Refereed journal article type

Option 2

1. If you are in the Details view of an entry, click the pencil icon (circled in yellow below).

Pencil icon in the Details view

2. A drop-down menu will appears. Click the upside-down arrow (circled in yellow) to open the menu.

Drop-down menu for work type

3. Select the appropriate type ("Refereed journal article") and click Save.

"Refereed journal article" type and Save