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Have you tried Google Scholar Alerts? Works well for me. If that doesn't suit, consider it as a baseline for functionality.

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I actually use Pubmed to get notifications on people or keywords that I am interested in. And I should confess that it is not that bad (but it could be much much better)

In my case, Google alert is part of my mix.

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