Geoff -

This is terrific - sort of a vanity-Google for geeks! However young scientists with the misfortune of being given prosaic names may face a challenge: how can I be found if my name is the same as millions of others (try searching for D Patel, X Chen, or R Smith).

So I suggest young scientists add an unusual letter as a middle name. Instead of Peter S. Fiske, how about Peter X. Fiske? I'm sure to be found much more easily.

Women scientists have always faced the dilemma of a disjointed citation record when they change their name after marriage. So, with Google Scholar producing a comparable dilemma for everyone, maybe we should adopt professional names or "handles" to use on our publications: Sharon "Mad Dog" MacKenzie, or for those with a more Native American instinct: "Dances With Pipettes"