> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dataerai.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Account & profile

> Create an account with email or institutional sign-in, verify your email, manage your profile and avatar, and reset your password.

## Create an account

You can sign up two ways:

* **Email and password** — provide your name, email, and a password.
* **Continue with Globus** — sign in through a trusted identity provider, such as your university or Google. If your organization uses Globus, this is the quickest way in, and it can join you to your organization automatically.

After a Dataerai email/password sign-up, Dataerai sends a **verification link** to your email. Open it to activate your account, then sign in. Email verification is only required for Dataerai email/password accounts, not Globus sign-in.

## Sign in and reset your password

Sign in with your email and password, or with Globus. If you forget your password, use **Forgot password** to receive a reset link by email.

If you signed up with an email and password, you can change it any time from your profile: choose **Change password**, enter your current password, then set and confirm a new one (minimum 8 characters). The option doesn't appear for Globus sign-in, which doesn't use a Dataerai password.

## Your profile

From your profile you can update your **name**, choose a generated **avatar** style and color, or upload an **avatar** photo with a crop step so it looks right. If you do not upload a photo, Dataerai shows a branded generated avatar using your first and last initials. Your name and avatar are how teammates recognize you across projects and shared data.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the user account menu">
    Open the user account menu in the top-right corner of the app.

    <Frame caption="The user account menu — Profile, Settings, theme, and Sign out.">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dataerai/JYQfiA1164D5XDuO/images/nav-avatar-menu.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=JYQfiA1164D5XDuO&q=85&s=0f5005581d63a09d3b4cc63969e3cd19" alt="Dataerai user account menu with Profile, Settings, theme, and Sign out" width="228" height="275" data-path="images/nav-avatar-menu.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open and edit your profile">
    Choose **Profile**, then update your name and email, choose an avatar style and color, upload an avatar photo if you want one, and adjust your settings.

    <Frame caption="The Profile dialog - generated avatar choices, profile photo, name, email, and your settings.">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dataerai/JYQfiA1164D5XDuO/images/profile.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=JYQfiA1164D5XDuO&q=85&s=ecb9ec17ba7c6dd6fae8bebf59a5d993" alt="Dataerai Profile dialog" width="485" height="315" data-path="images/profile.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

Uploaded photos take precedence over generated avatars. If you delete your uploaded photo, Dataerai shows the generated avatar style and color you selected.

## Profile settings

The same dialog has a few settings:

| Setting                          | What it does                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| -------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Make my profile discoverable** | Lets people outside your organization find your profile — for example, in a [people search](/discover/people-search) across the platform. Leave it off to keep your profile visible only within your own organization.       |
| **Enable AI-powered search**     | Turns AI-assisted search on or off for your account. It's on by default; turn it off to opt out and use ordinary search only.                                                                                                |
| **Default citation format**      | Sets the format the [citation](/identity/cite-a-record) panel uses by default when you copy or download a citation. Choose **BibTeX**, **RIS**, **APA**, **MLA**, or **Chicago**. You can still switch formats per citation. |

Changes take effect when you click **Save**.

<Frame caption="Your profile: make yourself discoverable, enable AI-powered search, and set a default citation format.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dataerai/JYQfiA1164D5XDuO/images/profile-settings.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=JYQfiA1164D5XDuO&q=85&s=f9feb4c29ba7ddf70bd60659000ea2d1" alt="Profile settings dialog" width="2560" height="1684" data-path="images/profile-settings.png" />
</Frame>

<Note>
  **Profile** here manages your **account** — name, avatar, email, and settings.
  To edit your **researcher profile** — affiliation, ORCID iD, phone, and your
  Scopus / ResearcherID / Google Scholar / PubMed ids — choose **Edit profile**
  from the user menu to open your
  [person page](/discover/person-detail#edit-your-profile).
</Note>

## Link your researcher identity

Dataerai can connect your account to your **researcher identity**.

That identity can include:

* ORCID and other identifiers.
* Publications.
* Grants.
* Co-authors.
* Data contributions.

From your profile, you can request to link or claim that identity.

* If the identity matches by **email or ORCID**, the link is **approved automatically**.
* Otherwise, the request goes to a **system administrator** to review — including resolving cases where two accounts claim the same identity.

Linking your identity means authorship and credit travel with your data, and your contributions connect to the broader scholarly graph.

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/get-started/quickstart">
    Create a project and upload your first dataset.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Organizations & members" icon="building-2" href="/account/organizations">
    How you join and belong to an organization.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>