What's new in Publish or Perish
Below is an overview of the new features and improvements that have been made to Publish or Perish. Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with the new features. You can download the latest public software release from the Publish or Perish download page.
| Release | Build | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 5.36.5936 | 6477 | Further minor adaptations to changed data formats |
| 5.36.5931 | 6476 | Adapted to changes in Google Scholar data formats |
| 5.35.5922 | 6475 | Yet more Google CAPTCHA processing added |
| 5.34.5917 | 6473 | Google CAPTCHA support is now permanently enabled |
| 5.33.5916 | 6471 | PoP now automatically adjusts Internet Explorer's Scripting setting if required for Google CAPTCHAs |
| 5.32.5905 | 6467 | Added reminder to update Internet Explorer if Google CAPTCHAs are not working |
| 5.31.5815 | n/a | Switched to 2017 runtime libraries |
| 5.30.5805 | n/a | Minor internal cleanup |
| 5.29.5793 | 6409 | Added auto-scrolling during drag & drop in various lists and trees |
| 6403 | Changed embedded URLs to HTTPS | |
| 5.28.1 | 6296 | Updated Microsoft Academic query URL |
| 5.28.0 | 6296 | Added internal support for localized author names, titles, etc. during external data imports |
| 5.27.3 | 6296 | Changed default text code page to 1252 for external data imports |
| 5.27.2 | 6281 | Updated PoP web links |
| 5.27.1 | 6277 | Removed auto-quoting from Google Scholar Publication field; it did more harm than good. |
| 5.27.0 | 6259 | Added various backward compatibility hacks for Windows XP/Internet Explorer 8-based systems |
| 5.26.2 | 6249 | Fixed (rare) Google Scholar Profile annual citation parsing issue; added Affiliation and Study field query fields to Microsoft Academic Search parameters |
| 5.25.2 | 6208 | Various minor consistency improvements in UI; cleanup of now obsolete items |
| 5.25.1 | 6206 | Microsoft Academic metrics now use estimated citation counts, after testing showed them sufficiently accurate |
| 5.25.0 | 6201 | Switched to web-based help pages |
| 5.24.1 | 6182 | Various internal improvements |
| 5.23.1 | 6146 | Increased Yellow and Red request rate limits for MAS v2; they were very conservative |
| 5.23.0 | 6142 | First public Publish or Perish 5.x release |
| 5.22.0 | 6139 | Query parsing for both Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic improved |
| 6139 | New Preferences settings for maximum number of results per query per data source | |
| 6139 | More UI tweaks and cleanup; PoP now fits (just) on an 800x600 screen | |
| 5.21.0 | 6137 | Lots and lots of internal tweaks, better consistency throughout the UI |
| 6137 | Reintroduction of the 4.x Recent/Older queries folders, renamed to My Queries/Saved Queries | |
| 5.20.0 | 6131 | Overhaul of internal command handling |
| 5.x.x | 6xxx | Many hundreds of internal changes, complete UI redesign, addition of new data sources |
Copyright © 2017 David Adams. All rights reserved. Page last modified on Sun 24 Sep 2017 15:35
Web master of Harzing.com and developer of the Publish or Perish software, among other things. He holds BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering, a PhD in Operations Research, and likes to watch academic life from a safe distance.
