Book series: Crafting your career in academia

A new book series including thematic books on various aspects of academic careers, based on my blog on the topic


Published August 2022

Published November 2022

Published February 2023

Published May 2023

Published August 2023

Published August 2023

This series is a collection of books dealing with various aspects of crafting your career in academia. Just click on the cover for more information about each book. Books are reasonably priced to make them accessible for individual academics, as well as universities who would like to bulk-buy books for their staff members. Here is a flyer with details for all five of the books that you can send to your Research Deans or University librarian. 

Using the Publish or Perish software

Harzing, A.W. (2023) Using the Publish or Perish software: Crafting your career in academia, Published by Tarma Software Research Ltd, London, United Kingdom.

  • Kindle edition, 445 pp. ISBN 978-1-7394538-4-8.
    • $9.99,  Amazon US, £9.99  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.
  • Black & white paperback, 375pp. ISBN 978-1-7394538-3-1.
    • $19.99,  Amazon US, £15.99  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.
  • Black & white hardcover, 375pp. ISBN 978-17394538-5-5.
    • $39.99,  Amazon US, £29.99  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.

Book description

Want to progress in academia? I provide you with step-by-step guidance on using the Publish or Perish software, leaving you better prepared to climb the academic career ladder. This guide explains its user interface, metrics and eight data sources. It shows you how to conduct author, journal, topic, and affiliation searches, as well as how to use it for a wide variety of purposes. This includes tenure or promotion applications, conducting literature reviews and meta-analyses, deciding where to submit your paper, preparing for job interviews, writing laudations or obituaries, finding reviewers or keynote speakers, uncovering “citation connections” between scholars, doing bibliometric research and much much more. 

Writing effective promotion applications

Harzing, A.W. (2022) Writing effective promotion applications: Crafting your career in academia, Published by Tarma Software Research Ltd, London, United Kingdom.

  • Kindle edition, 125pp. ISBN 978-17396097-1-9.
  • Black & white paperback, 115pp. ISBN 978-1-7396097-3-3.
  • Black & white hardcover, 115 pp. ISBN 978-17394538-0-0.

Book description

Want to progress in academia? Read this book for practical, step-by-step guidance on writing effective promotion applications, leaving you better prepared to climb the academic career ladder. It teaches you how to evidence that your research, teaching, and leadership has made a real difference and demonstrates how to embed this evidence in an overall career narrative. It also provides insights into how your promotion panel evaluates your application, explains why external promotion is easier to achieve than internal promotion, but also outlines the advantages of internal promotion.

Publishing in academic journals

Harzing, A.W. (2022) Publishing in academic journals: Crafting your career in academia, Published by Tarma Software Research Ltd, London, United Kingdom.

  • Kindle edition, 142pp. ISBN 978-17396097-7-1.
    • $6.95,  Amazon US, £5.95  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.
  • Black & white paperback, 130pp. ISBN 978-1-7396097-2-6.
    • $9.95,  Amazon US, £8.95  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.
  • Black & white hardcover, 130 pp. ISBN 978-17396097-9-5.

Book description

Want to progress in academia? I provide you with step-by-step guidance on publishing in academic journals, leaving you better prepared to climb the academic career ladder. You will learn how to get started with paper writing through chapters on the four Ps of publishing, keeping up to date with the literature, doing a literature review with the Publish or Perish software, finding out which journals publish on your topic, and targetting the right journal. Find out how to get past the first hurdle in the peer review process, the desk-reject, focusing on titles, abstracts, introductions, and conclusions. Learn how to use references strategically, how to write a good letter to the editor, and get tips on all the other things you can do to improve your chances.

Creating social media profiles

Harzing, A.W. (2023) Creating social media profiles: Crafting your career in academia, Published by Tarma Software Research Ltd, London, United Kingdom.

  • Kindle edition, 160pp. ISBN 978-1-7396097-6-4.
    • $6.95,  Amazon US, £5.95  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.
  • Black & white paperback, 128pp. ISBN 978-1-7396097-4-0.
    • $9.95,  Amazon US, £8.95  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.
  • Black & white hardcover, 128pp. ISBN 978-17394538-1-7.
    • $22.95,  Amazon US, £17.95  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.

Book description

Want to progress in academia? I provide you with practical, step-by-step guidance on creating academic social media profiles, leaving you better prepared to climb the academic career ladder. You will learn about the benefits and drawbacks of social media, and get familiar with Google Scholar Profiles, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Twitter, and Blogging, discovering how to get the best out of these social media platforms. Using plenty of examples, this guide will help demystify social media in academia and provide you with the tools to be successful in your own social media efforts.

Measuring and improving research impact

Harzing, A.W. (2023) Measuring and improving research impact: Crafting your career in academia, Published by Tarma Software Research Ltd, London, United Kingdom.

  • Kindle edition, 161pp. ISBN 978-1-7396097-8-8.
    • $6.95,  Amazon US, £5.95  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.
  • Black & white paperback, 126pp. ISBN 978-1-7396097-5-7.
  • Black & white hardcover, 126pp. ISBN 978-17394538-2-4.
    • $22.95,  Amazon US, £17.95  Amazon UK
    • also available on other national Amazon stores.

Book description

Want to progress in academia? I provide you with step-by-step guidance on measuring, evidencing, and improving research impact, leaving you better prepared to climb the academic career ladder. You will learn about the multi-faceted nature of impact, how to measure, evidence, and improve it, but also about impactful research processes, with the values of equity, openness, collegiality, soundness, and community. Using plenty of examples, this guide will help to demystify the role of research impact in academia and provide you with the tools to be successful in your own efforts to improve your impact.

All books in this series

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