2.1.3 Results pane
The results pane is part of the Author impact analysis, Journal impact analysis, General citation search, and Multi-query center pages. Although each page has its own copy of the results pane, they operate identically. This pane contains the following fields and options.
(unnamed upper field)
The upper text field displays the citation metrics for the currently selected query. You can copy the information from this field by right-clicking in the field, then choosing Select All, and right-clicking again to choose Copy. Alternatively, left-click in the field to give it the keyboard focus, then use Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C to select and copy.
(unnamed lower list)
The lower list displays all results for the currently selected query. By default, the list is sorted by descending number of citations, but you can sort it on any of the columns by clicking on the corresponding column header. Clicking for a second time on the same column header reverses the sort order.
You can exclude individual results by clearing their check box; alternatively, use the Check all, Check selection, Uncheck all, Uncheck 0 cites, and Uncheck selection buttons to check/uncheck groups of results. When you select/unselect results, citation metrics in the upper field are immediately updated to reflect the remaining results.
If you double-click on an item in the list, Publish or Perish opens your web browser and displays the citing works for the selected item, if any. If an item does not have any citations, a general Google search results page is displayed for the item.
Columns in the query results
The list contains the following columns:
| Tag | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cites | Number of citations | |
| Per year | Citations per year | Calculated as the total number of citations divided by the age of the article (i.e., the number of years since publication). If the year of publication is not available, this column shows 0.00. |
| Rank | Google Scholar ranking | The order in which Google Scholar returned the results (1=first, 2=second, etc.). Typically, earlier ranked entries indicate more relevant query results. An irregular rank order when sorted by Cites might indicate that the list contains irrelevant results. |
| Authors | Author names | |
| Title | Title | |
| Year | Year of publication | This field might be wrong or missing if the Google Scholar results do not contain a recognizable year. |
| Publication | Journal name or similar | Not always available; sometimes wrong if the Google Scholar results are mixed up. PublisherPublisherNot always available; sometimes wrong if the Google Scholar results are mixed up. |
Copy >
Click this button to open a popup menu with various copy commands.
Note: These commands apply to the currently displayed set of results only. If you want to copy data from several queries at once, use the popup menu commands from the multi-query center's list view (see Chapter 6). As an alternative, you can also export the data in a variety of formats.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Copy Statistics as Text | Copies the citation metrics (from the upper text field) to the Windows clipboard in plain text format. You can then paste this text into other applications. |
| Copy Statistics as CSV | Copies the citation metrics (from the upper text field) to the Windows clipboard in CSV (comma-separated value) format. You can then paste this into other applications for further processing. |
| Copy Statistics as CSV with Header | Does the same as the previous command, but precedes the statistics with an extra line that contains the names of the fields, also in comma-separated format. |
| Copy Statistics for Excel | Copies the citation metrics (from the upper text field) to the Windows clipboard in tab-separated format. You can then paste this into other applications for further processing, and in particular into spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Calc, and SoftMaker's PlanMaker. |
| Copy Statistics for Excel with Header | Does the same as the previous command, but precedes the statistics with an extra line that contains the names of the fields, also in tab-separated format. |
| Copy Results as Text | Copies the results (from the lower list) to the Windows clipboard in plain text format. You can then paste this text into other applications. |
| Copy Results as CSV | Copies the results (from the lower list) to the Windows clipboard in CSV (comma-separated value) format. You can then paste this into other applications for further processing. |
| Copy Results as CSV with Header | Does the same as the previous command, but precedes the statistics with an extra line that contains the names of the fields, also in comma-separated format. |
| Copy Results for Excel | Copies the results (from the lower list) to the Windows clipboard in tab-separated format. You can then paste this into other applications for further processing, and in particular into spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Calc, and SoftMaker's PlanMaker. |
| Copy Results for Excel with Header | Does the same as the previous command, but precedes the statistics with an extra line that contains the names of the fields, also in tab-separated format. |
Copy results
Click this button to copy all currently selected results plus the corresponding metrics to the Windows clipboard. You can then paste them into another application. The keyboard shortcut for this command is Ctrl+Shift+C.
Check all
Click this button to check all items in the results list. Alternatively, press Ctrl+A.
Check selection
Click this button to check all selected (i.e., highlighted) items in the results list.
Uncheck all
Click this button to uncheck all items in the results list. Alternatively, press Ctrl+U.
Uncheck 0 cites
Click this button to uncheck all results that have 0 citations. Alternatively, press Ctrl+0 (that's zero, not Oh).
Uncheck selection
Click this button to uncheck all selected (i.e., highlighted) items in the results list.
Popup menu
If you right-click anywhere in the results list (lower list), a popup menu appears with additional commands that apply to the currently selected results or to the query as a whole. A full description of these commands can be found in appendix 3.
Note: These commands apply to the currently displayed set of results only. If you want to copy data from several queries at once, use the popup menu commands from the multi-query center's list view (See Chapter 6). As an alternative, you can also export the data in a variety of formats.