Table of contents
- The Publish or Perish Book
- Chapter 1: Introduction to citation analysis
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Why citation analysis?
- 1.2.1 From ranking journals to ranking articles
- 1.2.2 Use caution when applying citation analysis
- 1.2.3 What about self-citations?
- 1.3 Data sources for citation analysis
- 1.4 Citation metrics
- 1.4.1 Thomson ISI journal impact factor
- 1.4.2 H-index
- 1.4.3 M-quotient
- 1.4.4 Contemporary h-index
- 1.4.5 Individual h-index (3 variations)
- 1.4.6 G-index
- 1.5 Overview of the book
- 1.5.1 Part 1: How to use Publish or Perish more effectively
- 1.5.2 Part 2: Day-to-day uses of Publish or Perish citation analysis
- 1.5.3 Part 3: Advanced topics: delving deeper into the world of citation analysis
- 1.5.4 Appendices
- 1.6 References
- Part 1: How to use Publish or Perish more effectively
- Chapter 2: Introduction to Publish or Perish
- 2.1 Introduction to Publish or Perish
- 2.2 Citation metrics
- 2.3 Exporting the data
- 2.4 Trouble shooting problems
- 2.4.1 Publish or Perish doesn't find any of my papers!
- 2.4.2 My paper/book does not appear in Publish or Perish
- 2.4.3 My paper contains an incorrect title (or year, author name or author list)
- 2.4.4 The number of citations for my paper is too low
- 2.4.5 Why does Publish or Perish always count years until the current year, and not the indicated period?
- 2.4.6 What is this error 13?
- 2.4.7 What is this error 1169?
- 2.5 References
- Chapter 3: Author searches
- 3.1 Introduction to author searches
- 3.2 How to perform an effective author impact analysis
- 3.3 How to improve accuracy in author searches
- Chapter 4: Journal searches
- 4.1 Introduction to journal searches
- 4.2 How to perform an journal impact analysis
- 4.3 How to improve accuracy in journal searches
- Chapter 5: General citation search queries
- 5.1 Introduction to general citation search queries
- 5.2 How to perform a general citation search
- 5.3 Applications for the general citation search
- Chapter 6: Multi-query centre
- Part 2: Day-to-day uses of Publish or Perish citation analysis
- Chapter 7: Making your case for tenure or promotion
- 7.1 Create your own reference group
- 7.2 Pick your metrics wisely
- 7.3 Single out individual papers
- 7.4 Compare your best papers to the journal average
- 7.5 Present comprehensive citations for edited volumes
- 7.6 What to do if you have very few citations overall?
- 7.6.1 Argue for the use of Google Scholar
- 7.6.2 Compare your articles with articles published in the same year
- 7.6.3 Present ISI baseline data for your field
- 7.6.4 Argue citations are slow to pick up
- 7.6.5 Argue for quality by association
- 7.7 Norm scores for different disciplines
- Chapter 8: How to evaluate other academics?
- 8.1 Getting a quick impression of someone you are meeting
- 8.1.1 What are you best known for?
- 8.1.2 Who are you working with?
- 8.1.3 What are you working on recently?
- 8.1.4 How long have you been in the business?
- 8.1.5 What journals have you published in?
- 8.1.6 Worked Example: Rabi Bhagat
- 8.1.7 Conclusion
- 8.2 Evaluating academics for specific functions
- 8.3 Writing tributes, laudations or eulogies
- 8.3.1 Google Scholar shows a much broader impact
- 8.3.2 Combining top scholarship with managerial relevance
- 8.3.3 Fighting for a better world
- 8.3.4 Serendipitous findings
- 8.4 Publication awards
- 8.4.1 Google Scholar comprehensively evaluates the impact of books
- 8.4.2 Google scholar spots early cites for best journal articles
- 8.5 Preparing for a job interview
- 8.5.1 Find out what your panel members are working on
- 8.5.2 Find out where your panel members are publishing
- 8.5.3 Find out who are citing your panel members work
- 8.5.4 Find out more about the university
- 8.6 References
- Chapter 9: Tips for Deans and other academic administrators
- 9.1 Treat Google Scholar as a serious alternative data source
- 9.1.1 Not everything published on the Internet counts in Google Scholar
- 9.1.2 Non-ISI listed publication can be high-quality publications
- 9.1.3 Google scholars flaws don't impact citation analysis much
- 9.2 Excluding self-citations is normally not worthwhile
- 9.2.1 Why self-citations are not usually problematic
- 9.2.2 How to identify self-citations in Google Scholar?
- 9.2.3 How to identify self-citations in ISI Web of science?
- 9.3 Don't expect significant citations for early career academics
- 9.3.1 Using ISI to track down citation records in the past
- 9.3.2 Baselines for ISI citations in particular fields
- 9.4 Citation impact can differ substantially by discipline
- 9.5 Conclusion: what sensible administrators should do
- 9.6 References
- Chapter 10: Where to submit your paper?
- 10.1 Step 1: Examining which journals publish on your topic
- 10.2 Step 2: Comparing journals for impact
- 10.3 Step 3: Before submission: Have you missed any papers?
- 10.4 References
- Chapter 11: Conducting a literature review
- 11.1 How to conduct a literature review search?
- 11.2 Identify key authors/journals/publications in a field
- 11.3 Development of the literature over time
- 11.3.1 Worked Example: Culture in Journal of Intl Business Studies
- 11.3.2 Worked example: HIV in Science, Nature and Cell
- 11.4 Further examples of literature review applications
- 11.4.1 Influential literature analysis
- 11.4.2 Views on alcoholism: genetic or environmental
- 11.4.3 Research planning in the US environmental protection agency
- 11.4.4 Finding literature for meta-analytical studies
- 11.5 References
- Chapter 12: Doing bibliometric research on authors and journals
- 12.1 Doing bibliometric research for authors
- 12.1.1 How to select your population?
- 12.1.2 what metrics to use?
- 12.1.3 Examples of bibliometric research on authors
- 12.2 Doing bibliometric research for journals
- 12.3 References
- Part 3: Advanced topics: delving deeper into the world of Citation analysis
- Chapter 13: Evaluating Google Scholar
- 13.1 Advantages of Google Scholar
- 13.1.1 Google Scholar is free
- 13.1.2 Google Scholar is easy to use
- 13.1.3 Google Scholar is quick
- 13.1.4 Google Scholar is comprehensive
- 13.2 Disadvantages of Google Scholar
- 13.2.1 Incorrect identification of authors
- 13.2.2 Some of Google scholars coverage might be problematic
- 13.2.3 Google processing occasionally creates nonsensical results
- 13.2.4 Google Scholar results are limited to the 1000 most cited papers
- 13.3 References
- Chapter 14: Evaluating Thomson ISI web of Science
- 14.1 Advantages of Thomsons ISI web of science
- 14.1.1 More complex and focused search options
- 14.1.2 Ability to filter and refine queries
- 14.1.3 Ability to analyze results
- 14.1.4 A somewhat higher data quality
- 14.2 Disadvantages of ISI's Web of Science
- 14.2.1 Thomson ISI underestimates citation impact
- 14.2.2 Accurate self-citation counts are difficult to achieve in ISI
- 14.2.3 Stray citations are very common in ISI
- 14.2.4 ISI suffers from document type classification problems
- 14.3 References
- Chapter 15: A Google Scholar h-index for journals
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Methods
- 15.3 Results and discussion of the benchmarking analysis
- 15.3.1 Overall comparison of JIF and h-Index
- 15.3.2 Overall comparison w/h psychology journals and major outliers
- 15.3.3 Analysis of individual sub-disciplines
- 15.3.4 Numerical analysis of the divergence between JIF and h-Index
- 15.4 Discussion and conclusions
- 15.5 References
- Chapter 16: Author citation analysis across disciplines
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Data source comparisons: citations across disciplines
- 16.2.1 Scopus versus ISI
- 16.2.2 Google Scholar versus ISI and Scopus general search
- 16.2.3 ISI cited by versus ISI general search
- 16.2.4 Scopus more versus Scopus general search
- 16.3 Metrics comparisons across disciplines
- 16.3.1 H-index
- 16.3.2 Number of authors
- 16.3.3 Individual h-index
- 16.3.4 Contemporary h-index
- 16.3.5 Hirsch's m and individual m
- 16.4 Conclusion
- 16.5 Summary
- 16.6 References
- Appendices
- Appendix 1: License agreement
- Appendix 2: Command reference
- Appendix 3: Pop-up menu results page
- Appendix 4: Export formats
- Appendix 5: Message reference
- Appendix 6: Pop-up menu Multi-query center List view
- Keyword index