107 pages tagged "publish or perish tips"

Need to find reviewers, examiners, speakers, or referees: Publish or Perish comes to the rescue
18 Feb 2026 (updated 17 Feb 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find good candidates for academic service roles

Finding that elusive article through a title search
28 Jan 2026 (updated 27 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find a specific article if you only recall a few title words

Referrals to my website in 2025 compared to 2023
07 Jan 2026 (updated 07 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Compares referring websites between 2023 and 2025 and shows the rise of ChatGPT as a referrer

Harzing.com blog posts by theme
19 Sep 2021 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Thematic overview of blog posts and resources

Working in academia
08 Apr 2020 (updated 03 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Container page of resources related to working in academia

The individual annualised h-index: an ecologically rational heuristic?
01 Jan 2024 (updated 01 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Studies a matched sample of University of Melbourne (Associate) Professors to test the hIa as an ecologically rational metric that is unbiased across disciplines, career stage, and gender, as well as predictive for promotion, mobility and awards.

Running the REF on a rainy Sunday afternoon: Do metrics match peer review?
02 Aug 2017 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
White paper that proposes replacing the REF with a metrics-based exercise

Research Impact 101
18 Jun 2022 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Provides an overview of six key issues in the assessment of research impact.

Using Publish or Perish to remember our field's key contributors
22 Oct 2025 (updated 23 Oct 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how you can use Publish or Perish to assemble a complete publication and citation record when writing academic obituaries

Help!!! Meeting an important visitor? Only have 10 minutes?
11 Jun 2025 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to prepare for a meeting with an important academic visitor in no time at all

Using Publish or Perish as Research Dean or Research Manager
21 May 2025 (updated 25 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out what a particular author has published while affiliated with a particular university

Using the Publish or Perish software
12 Aug 2023 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
How to use the Publish or Perish software effectively for a wide variety of purposes

What has a university published in a (set of) journal(s)
23 Apr 2025 (updated 08 Nov 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out what a particular university has pubished in a specific set of journals

Conducting bibliometric research on specific research topics - an example for Green Finance
19 Mar 2025 (updated 19 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to do analyses by keyword or title word

Harzing.com blog 9 years old!
12 Mar 2025 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's ninth anniversary with a recap of the most read posts

Co-authorship patterns across disciplines over time
19 Feb 2025 (updated 08 Nov 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to study co-authorship patterns across various disciplines and make your case for disciplinary impact

Co-authorship patterns across countries and time
29 Jan 2025 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to study co-authorship patterns across countries

How much is [author x] cited in [journal y]?
20 Nov 2024 (updated 19 Nov 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out how much a particular author is cited in a particular journal

How to figure out "citation connections"?
09 Oct 2024 (updated 09 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Show you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out whether two academics have ever cited each other

Did a job applicant publish with(out) their supervisor?
24 Jun 2024 (updated 01 Jun 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out what a job applicant published with their supervisor and what they published independently

The individual annualised h-index: a 10-year study
27 May 2024 (updated 19 May 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Short summary of my white paper: The individual annualised h-index: an ecologically rational heuristic?

Why did you create the JQL and the PoP software?
06 May 2024 (updated 29 Jun 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Third of nine posts based on my webinar for Georgia State University's CIBER - Interview by Tamer Cavusgil

Have two academics ever published together?
22 Apr 2024 (updated 04 Feb 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out whether two academics have published together

REF, rankings & reputation
07 Mar 2023 (updated 19 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Provides an overview of my work in preparation for REF 2021, research rankings, and reputation management

Harzing.com blog 8 years old!
11 Mar 2024 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's eight anniversary with a recap of the most read posts

Longitudinal analysis of an author's citation metrics
26 Feb 2024 (updated 26 Feb 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to track your citation metrics over time

Who creates Google Scholar Profiles?
22 Jan 2024 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on a small curiosity project conducted with the Publish or Perish software

What about the Christmas turkey?
22 Dec 2023 (updated 01 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software for curiosity searches

The history of Science
27 Nov 2023 (updated 01 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software for historical research on a specific journal

Historical development of a discipline
16 Oct 2023 (updated 01 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software for historical research on the discipline of Management

Just out: New guide to the Publish or Perish software!
21 Aug 2023 (updated 26 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
My brandnew 375-page guide to the PoP software appears as the fifth book in my "Crafting your career in academia" series

The Academic Woman Interview (4): Research mentorship
10 May 2023 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Fourth of a series of four posts reporting on my interview with Anatu Mahama of the Academic Woman magazine

Improve your Research Profile (8): Tips for time poor academics
12 Apr 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The eight in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation & impact. Evidences the positive effect of social media use, with tips for social media newbies.

Improve your Research Profile (7): Follow the 7 steps for impact
15 Mar 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The seventh in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation, and impact. Provides a simple 7-step process to improve your research reputation and impact.

Harzing.com blog 7 years old!
08 Mar 2023 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's seventh anniversary with a recap of the most read posts

Improve your Research Profile (6): The why and how of Social Media
13 Feb 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The sixth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Discusses the various social media platorms and the pros and cons of social media use.

Improve your Research Profile (5): The 4Cs of getting cited
09 Jan 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The fifth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains what to do - ethically! - to improve the chances of your work being cited.

Improve your Research Profile (4): Citation analysis in the PoP software
19 Dec 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The fourth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains how to use the Publish or Perish software to demonstrate your research impact.

Improve your Research Profile (3): Getting savvy about data sources & metrics
28 Nov 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The third in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Gives you a "crash course" on data sources and metrics for citation impact.

The Publish or Perish Tutorial: 80 easy tips to get the best out of the Publish or Perish software
27 Aug 2016 (updated 13 Nov 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The Publish or Perish Tutorial in book format

Improve your Research Profile (2): What is impact and why should you care?
24 Oct 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The second in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Discusses the various forms of impact and explains why citation impact is important.

Improve your Research Profile (1): Why is it so important?
26 Sep 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The first in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains the rationale behind this series.

Research impact 101
29 Aug 2022 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Short introduction to my new white paper providing an overview of six key issues in the assessment of research impact

PoP 8 new features (15): Training resources
18 Apr 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 15 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (14): Transparency & replicability
07 Apr 2022 (updated 18 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 14 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (13): Command line tools
31 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 13 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (12): Facilitate repeated searching
24 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 12 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (11): Google Scholar - include/exclude stray citations and patents
17 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 11 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

Harzing.com blog 6 years old!
14 Mar 2022 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's sixth anniversary with a recap of the most read blogs

PoP 8 new features (10): Google Scholar - limitation of the number of search results
10 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 10 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (9): Google Scholar - retrieval of citing works
03 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 9 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (8): Google Scholar - DOI extraction
24 Feb 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 8 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (7): Google Scholar - related works
17 Feb 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 7 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (6): Improved search reports - basic or extended
10 Feb 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 6 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (5): Download and export of abstracts
03 Feb 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 5 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (4): Search for free full text version
27 Jan 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 4 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (3): New metric hA index
20 Jan 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 3 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (2): New data-source PubMed
13 Jan 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Week 2 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

PoP 8 new features (1): New interface
06 Jan 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Start of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

IB Frontline interview: research section
10 Dec 2021 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introduces the second section of my IB Frontline interview talking about my research, creativity and the future of IB research

Publish or Perish version 8
31 Oct 2021 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - David Adams
Introducing Publish or Perish release 8

How to keep your Google Scholar Profile clean?
25 Sep 2021 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Explains how to keep your Google Scholar profile up-to-date and prevent it from getting polluted

Harzing.com blog 5 years old!
22 Mar 2021 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's fifth anniversary with a recap of the most read blogs

Using Publish or Perish for meta-analyses
02 Feb 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Vas Taras
Explains how to use Publish or Perish to conduct effective meta-analytic research

The changing usage of Publish or Perish over the years: where, why, when, what & who?
26 Jan 2021 (updated 08 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating 15 years of Publish or Perish with an analysis of its usage over the years

How to improve your research impact: YouTube series
06 Nov 2020 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Collates eighteen mini-videos on how to improve your research impact, based on a presentation at Middlesex University

How to measure research impact: YouTube series
09 Oct 2020 (updated 27 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Collates twelve mini-videos on measuring research impact based on an interview with Vas Taras

Looking for multilingual PoP support resources?
25 Sep 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Provides a list of videos on using Publish or Perish in a variety of languages

LIS-Bibliometrics 10th anniversary event: The Future of Research Evaluation
21 Jun 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Listing of all video recordings at the LIS-Bibliometrics 10th year anniversary conference

Harzing.com blog 4 years old!
22 Mar 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's fourth anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs

New: Publish or Perish now also exports abstracts
12 Jan 2020 (updated 07 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introduces a new Publish or Perish feature: exporting of publication abstracts

Middlesex University rising in the research rankings
02 Dec 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Quick summary of MDX's strongly improved position in three international research rankings

Strategies for Publishing Pedagogical Research
29 Sep 2019 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on a seminar by David Boud at Middlesex University on the 2nd of July 2019

How to use Publish or Perish effectively?
25 Sep 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Presents the slides of a Bibliometrics Summer School session in July 2019

Publish or Perish version 7
02 Sep 2019 (updated 02 Nov 2021) - David Adams
Introducing Publish or Perish release 7

Writing laudations or obituaries?
08 Jun 2019 (updated 22 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Illustrates how to ensure you get comprehensive coverage of an academic's work when writing laudations or obituaries

Harzing.com blog 3 years old!
15 Mar 2019 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's third anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs

Google Scholar Profiles: the good, the bad, and the better
24 Nov 2018 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Provides a detailed discussion of how to use Google Scholar Profiles most effectively

How to merge “stray citation" records?
10 Apr 2018 (updated 13 Jan 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Explains how to merge different occurrences of a paper in Publish or Perish

Publishing in Management Education Journals
28 Mar 2018 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Report on a seminar by Jon Billsberry at Middlesex University on the 5th of March 2018

Where to submit your paper? Compare journals by impact
20 Mar 2018 (updated 04 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how to use Publish or Perish to compare journals by impact

Harzing.com blog 2 years old!
12 Mar 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's second anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs

Publish or Perish version 6
15 Nov 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introduces Publish or Perish release 6 and its new data sources

Is Google Scholar flawless? Of course not!
01 Oct 2017 (updated 02 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reviews the major limitations of Google Scholar

Citation analysis: Tips for Deans and other administrators
25 Sep 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Provides recommendations for Deans and senior administrators for fair and equitable research evaluation

Bank error in your favour? How to gain 3,000 citations in a week
21 Sep 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how I gained 3,000 citations in a week through inaccurate publication matching in the Web of Science

How to import ISI and Scopus data in Publish or Perish?
11 Sep 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Illustrates how Web of Science and Scopus data can be imported into Publish or Perish

Running the REF on a rainy Sunday afternoon: Do metrics match peer review?
14 Aug 2017 (updated 18 Nov 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Short summary of white paper that proposes replacing the REF with a metrics-based exercise

How to conduct a longitudinal literature review?
11 May 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to do a longitudinal literature review with Publish or Perish

How to conduct searches with Microsoft Academic
18 Apr 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Explains how to use Microsoft Academic as a new data source in Publish or Perish

Harzing.com blog 1 year old!
20 Mar 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating my blog's first anniversary with the top-10 most read blogs

Publish or Perish: Realising Google Scholar's potential to democratise citation analysis
20 Feb 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on a presentation at the Google Scholar Day: Changing current evaluation paradigms

Web of Science: How to be robbed of 10 years of citations in one week!
15 Feb 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how I was "robbed" of citations through inaccurate publication matching in the Web of Science

Using Publish or Perish to do a literature review
07 Feb 2017 (updated 18 Nov 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to do a comprehensive literature review with publish or perish

Publish or Perish General Search - a Swiss Army Knife?
17 Jan 2017 (updated 26 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Lists five little known things you can do with the PoP General Citation Search

Where to submit your paper? Which journals publish on your topic
14 Dec 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how to use Publish or Perish to find out which journals publish on your topic

Meeting an official guest or your academic hero?
15 Sep 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to prepare for any academic meeting in 5-10 minutes

Replication study gives thumbs up for the individual annual h-index
15 Sep 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Applies the hIa index for a large sample of academics in the United Emirates

Publish or Perish tutorial now in book format
05 Sep 2016 (updated 09 Nov 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introduces the Publish or Perish tutorial: 80 easy tips to get the best out of the software

Reflections on norms for the h-index and related indices
23 Aug 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Uses Academy of Management and Academy of International Business Presidents to present aspirational norm scores

Sacrifice a little accuracy for a lot more comprehensive coverage
17 Aug 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
A prologue for a book on Google Scholar

How to make your case for impact
13 Jul 2016 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows you how to make your case for impact by comparing your papers to the journal average

Do Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science speak your language?
12 Jun 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Short summary of white paper on the coverage of non-English language publications in three major databases for citation analysis

Complex author questions: very easy!
01 Jun 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Details how to run author searches for multiple authors

How to assess journal impact?
06 May 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Illustrates how Publish or Perish can be used to assess journal impact

Looking for John Smith? About author disambiguation
24 Mar 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Details how users of Publish or Perish can disambiguate authors

Welcome to my blog!
18 Mar 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introduction to Anne-Wil's blog