Scopus Author Identifier helps you to differentiate authors with common last names, like Smith or Lee, by returning a list of possible author matches with their affiliations and subject areas of interest.
For example, if your search returned two authors named Ayre, G., you can refer to the affiliation or subject areas of interest for those authors to ensure that you select the appropriate Ayre, G. for your search.
Scopus Author Identifier also helps you find authors who have been cited differently. When grouping author names under a unique author identifier number, Scopus takes into consideration last name variations, all possible combinations of first and last names, and the author name with and without initials.
As a result, searches for a specific author include a preferred name and variants of the preferred name. For example, searches for Ayre, G returns documents where the author is cited as Ayre, Gareth and Ayre, G.