Anne-Wil Harzing
Anne-Wil Harzing is Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London and visiting professor of International Management at Tilburg University. She is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, a select group of distinguished AIB members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business. In addition to her academic duties, she also maintains the Journal Quality List and is the driving force behind the popular Publish or Perish software program.
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448 pages and blog posts
History of Harzing.com
Complete list of significant changes to Harzing.com
Online papers
This page contains pre-publication versions of all of my accepted papers
Publications by type
All of Anne-Wil's publications organised by type (journal articles, books, chapters, conferences, white papers, etc.)
International HRM & Staffing Policies
Research program 1: International HR, expatriation, inpatriation, knowledge sharing and identity confirmation
Publications by year
All of Anne-Wil's publications organised by year
Untwisting tongues: Language research in International Management
Reports on a panel session at the Academy of International Business in Copenhagen
Changing academic culture: one email at a time...
Shows how we can all contribute to making academia a nicer and kinder place to be
Web resources: working in academia
Structured overview of four years of blogposts on the following themes: academic publishing, doing (international) research academic etiquette, using the Publish or Perish software, academic careers, gender in academia, research focus.
68th edition of the Journal Quality List online
New version of the Journal Quality List with updates for the Danish list, EJL, ABS and addition of Scopus CiteScore
Journal Quality List
Presents a collation of 18 journal rankings in the broad area of Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, and Marketing
Hello from the other side: Reflections on a decade at the editor’s desk
Reports on David Collings' look behind the scenes of an editor's job in the Middlesex MLO seminar series
Google Scholar Profiles: the good, the bad, and the better
Provides a detailed discussion of how to use Google Scholar Profiles most effectively
Frequently Asked Questions about the JQL
Answers the three mostly asked questions about the Journal Quality List
Meetings
Information about Cygna meetings past and present
Quick overview
Announcements and previous news items about the Cygna network
Meetings 2020-2021
Overview of Cygna network meetings in the academic year 2020-2021
Middlesex events
Overview of seminar events run at Middlesex University Business School
Open Syllabus Explorer: evidencing research-based teaching?
Reviews how the Open Syllabus Project can help academics to understand their impact on teaching and find the best textbook for their course
CYGNA: Women management scholars leading REF impact case studies
Reports on our 40th CYGNA meeting with a focus on the (limited) role of women academics in REF impact case studies
Everything you always wanted to know about impact...
Book chapter providing a quick overview of the what, why, how and where of research impact
Publish or Perish training resources
Lists training resources for Publish or Perish
CYGNA: Resource collection for the summer holidays
Collates resources for all CYGNA meetings beween mid 2014 and mid 2018
Language barriers in multinational companies
Reviews my research on the role of language in MNCs between 2003 and 2013
Author search
How to perform author searches with Publish or Perish
Doing IHRM research? Get inspired by these videos
Collection of conference videos in the area of international HRM, expatriate management, and global mobility
Quality and Impact of Academic Research
Research program 6: Editors & editorial board diversity, comparing research output across countries, Google Scholar and bibliometrics for the Social Sciences
CYGNA: climbing up the academic career ladder
Reports on our 39th CYGNA meeting with a focus on career progression
Academic publishing resources
Presents resources related to research impact, journal quality, journal rankings and citation analysis
Ambidexterity in MNC knowledge sourcing in emerging economies: a microfoundational perspective
Announcing my new paper with Middlesex colleagues Mariana Dodourova and Shasha Zhao
HQ-Subsidiary Relationships in MNCs
Research program 2: MNC typologies, entry modes, country-of-origin, subsidiary typologies, MNC knowledge flows, and language in HQ-subsidiary relationships
How to ensure your paper achieves the impact it deserves?
Discusses the workflow I use to communicate a new paper
Join us at Middlesex University - recruiting 2 new colleagues
Announces two vacancies in the Department of Managment, Leadership and Organization at Middlesex University
Research
Overview of Anne-Wil's six research programs
AIB Copenhagen: JIBS silver medal and AIB Fellowship
A belated report on the AIB conference at Copenhagen Business School in June 2019
The changing usage of Publish or Perish over the years: where, why, when, what & who?
Celebrating 15 years of Publish or Perish with an analysis of its usage over the years
Publish or Perish in the news
Summarizes new coverage and user feedback for PoP, lists training resources and papers written using PoP
Sacrifice a little accuracy for a lot more comprehensive coverage
A prologue for a book on Google Scholar
Use cases
Discussion of common use cases for the Publish or Perish software
Welcome
Home page of Anne-Wil's website
Harzing.com blog 5 years old!
Celebrating my blog's fifth anniversary with a recap of the most read blogs
Would you ask a male academic the same question?
Discusses the expectations of service-oriented behaviour by female academics
CYGNA: Resistance to gender equality in academia
Reports on our 38th CYGNA meeting dealing with one of the ultimated gender topics
Resources
Introduces a collection of resource for doing international research as well resources related to academic publishing and citation analysis
CYGNA: Working in a Horizon-2020 project
Reports on our 37th CYGNA meeting dealing with research funding and working in large funded projects
Wives of the organization - 30 years on...
Celebrating International Women's day with a reprint of a post on Anne Huff's classic treatise that has lost none of its potency
Introduction to Wives of the Organization
An exchange between Alison Konrad and Anne Huff to introduce Wives of the Organization
Not all international assignments are equal
A new online paper on how different types of international assignments transfer different types of knowledge
Literature review: Key authors
Publish or Perish tutorial
CYGNA: Understand your co-author(s) & yourself with MBTI
Reports on our 23rd CYGNA meeting with a certified MBTI trainer
2nd CYGNA Global Virtual Meeting: MBTI & Stress
Reports on our 32nd CYGNA meeting - our second virtual meeting discussing stress trigger factors for different MBTI types
Literature review: Longitudinal
Publish or Perish tutorial
How to create a sustainable academic career
Reports on Martyna Sliwa's presentation on career progression in the UK higher education environment
Legal notices for Harzing.com
The legal stuff
General/keyword search
How to perform general citation or literature searches with Publish or Perish
Affiliation search
How to perform author searches with Publish or Perish
Publication/Journal search
How to perform journal searches with Publish or Perish
Resumé
Short resumé of Anne-Wil Harzing with academic experience, research interests, publications, reviewing & editorial experiences, and other services to the academic community
Relevant & Impactful Research: From words to action - From outcome to process
My contribution to the CABS annual conference in November 2019
Readings and inspirations
Inspirational reading and other resources for female academics
About Cygna
Information about the Cygna network
Cygna
Home page for the CYGNA network
Membership
Information for and about the Cygna network membership
Babel in Business: The Role of Language in International Business
My inaugural lecture at Middlesex University, Wednesday 13 April 2016
Top-50 most highly-cited academics in Business & Management worldwide
Discusses a new individual ranking based on Scopus citations as well as some concrete suggestions for changing performance appraisal
CYGNA: REF and Christmas during a pandemic
Reports on our 36th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on REF and A Christmas celebration
Looking for multilingual PoP support resources?
Provides a list of videos on using Publish or Perish in a variety of languages
Please be polite and considerate
About the importance of appreciating academic volunteers
CYGNA: How do I keep my job (in academia) in uncertain times?
Reports on our 34rd CYGNA meeting discussing jobs losses in higher education in COVID-19 times
Language in International Business: A review and agenda for future research
A new online paper reviewing 264 articles on language in IB
How to promote your research achievements without being obnoxious?
Provides some quick and easy to implement tips on how to promote your academic work
How you see me, How you don't
Does ethnic similarity help or hinder in the relationship between expats and locals: a conceptual framework based on self-verification theory
CYGNA: The wonderful world of book publishing
Reports on our 35th CYGNA meeting with three publishers discussing textbooks, research books and practice books
AoM 2020 online - my second virtual conference
Brief report on the AoM virtual conference in August 2020
Leading with Kindness: one of 50 Leading Lights in UK
Reports on my 2019 election of one of the 50 Leading Lights in the UK for leading with kindness
Celebrating CYGNA: Supporting women in academia
A history of CYGNA's development to celebrate its 5th year and international women's day
Seven advantages of internal promotion [3/4]
Part 3 of a 4-part post which explains why internal promotion in academia might be harder to achieve than external promotion and gives tips for successful applications
Seven reasons why external promotion is easier [2/4]
Part 2 of a 4-part post which explains why internal promotion in academia might be harder to achieve than external promotion and gives tips for successful applications
AIB 2020 Online - my first virtual conference
Brief report on the AIB virtual conference in July 2020
Language & HRD: Keynote at Taipei AHRD conference
Reports on my week-long visit to Taiwan in 2013, the closest I ever came to being a VIP
Making your case for impact if you have few citations
Provides advice on strategies to demonstrate impact with a very low citation level
Awards received
List of awards and honors received by Anne-Wil
You can’t be known if you don’t interact!
Seminar by Axele Giroud at Middlesex on networking and external engagement for academic success
The four C's of getting cited
Explains how competence, collaboration, care and communication help to ensure your work is getting the citation impact it deserves
Reflections on the h-index
Introduces the h-index, m-quotient, g-index, contemporary h-index and individual h-index
Google Scholar as a new data source for citation analysis
Documents the advantages and disadvantages of using Google Scholar as a source for citation analysis
Reflections on norms for the h-index and related indices
Provides norm scores for the h-index and related measures for Management and International Business
Comparing the Google Scholar h-index with the ISI Journal Impact Factor
Proposes an alternative metric – Hirsch’s h-index – and data source – Google Scholar – to assess journal impact.
From h-index to hIa: The ins and outs of research metrics
Introduces the hI,annual as a new research metric that allows comparison across disciplines and career stages
The Publish or Perish Tutorial: 80 easy tips to get the best out of the Publish or Perish software
The Publish or Perish Tutorial in book format
The Publish or Perish Book: Doing bibliometric research with Google Scholar
Full information about the paperback version of the Publish or Perish Book, part 3
The Publish or Perish Book
All versions of the Publish or Perish Book and reviews
Transcending the (non)sense of academic rankings
When Knowledge Wins article features in AMLE virtual collection on Principles for Responsible Management Education
Citation analysis for the Social Sciences: metrics and data-sources
Argues that a fair and inclusive cross-disciplinary comparison of research performance is possible using Google Scholar and the hIa metric
Bank error in your favour? How to gain 3,000 citations in a week
Shows how I gained 3,000 citations in a week through inaccurate publication matching in the Web of Science
Social Media in Academia (3): Google Scholar Profiles
Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of Google Scholar Profiles
Publish or Perish tutorial
Publish or Perish tutorial
Publish or Perish
Explains the use of Publish or Perish and its metrics
Publish or Perish Frequently Asked Questions
Old landing page for PoP FAQs
1st CYGNA Global Virtual Meeting: Coping with a Pandemic
Reports on our 31st CYGNA meeting - our first virtual meeting dealing with work-life balance during a pandemic
Be proactive, resilient & realistic!
Argues that as an academic you are an independent professional shaping your own career
Female academics: Wives of the organization?
Describes how gendered interactions in the workplace subvert success for female academics
Why does my paper get a desk-reject time and again?
About the importance of joining the journal’s “conversation”
How to avoid a desk-reject in seven steps [1/8]
Introduces a 7-step process to increase your chances of getting your paper into the review process
Who do you want to talk to? Targeting journals [2/8]
Explains why chosing your target journal is the most important step in the publication process
How to create a successful academic career: AIB - Ask, Invest & Believe
Write-up of my contribution to a conference panel on career strategies at the 2017 AIB-UKI meeting in Birmingham
On academic life: collaborations and active engagement
Discusses Martyna Sliwa's articles on the different rationalities underlying research collaborations and the need to get involved in managing and shaping the university organizations we work for
CYGNA: Work intensification, well-being and career advancement
Reports on our 29th CYGNA meeting dealing with workloads and work intensification
How to prevent burn-out? About staying sane in academia
Provides twelve suggestions on how to prevent burn-out and keep your sanity
How to improve your research impact: YouTube series
Collates eighteen mini-videos on how to improve your research impact, based on a presentation at Middlesex University
Compete or cooperate: does it depend on the language?
Shows how using the English language might prime competitive behaviour
Using PoP
Publish or Perish tutorial
Literature review
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author search
Publish or Perish tutorial
New: Publish or Perish now also exports abstracts
Introduces a new Publish or Perish feature: exporting of publication abstracts
How to conduct a longitudinal literature review?
Shows you how to do a longitudinal literature review with Publish or Perish
Using Publish or Perish to do a literature review
Shows you how to do a comprehensive literature review with publish or perish
How to keep up-to-date with the literature, but avoid information overload?
Provides tips on how to keep up-to-date without getting lost in social media overload
Join us at Middlesex - recruiting 4 new colleagues!
Announces a major recruitment round for the Department of Managment, Leadership and Organization at Middlesex University
CYGNA: Female leadership in Higher Education
Reports on our 33rd CYGNA meeting - our first in a full academic year of online meetings
Social Media in Academia (8): Putting it all together
Final posting in the social media series explains how different social media can reinforce each other
Social media in Academia (5): ResearchGate
Provides recommendations on how to get the most out of ResearchGate
Social Media in Academia (2): Comparing the options
General recommendations on how to use social media professionally
Social Media in Academia (1): Introduction
An introduction into my 8-part blogpost series on social media
Social media in Academia (7): Blogging
Provides recommendations on how to start with blogging
What is that conference networking thing all about?
Reflections on the importance of networking in academia and tips on how to do it
How to address other academics by email?
Provides suggestions on the best way to address academics by email
Don't write mass emails (1): distributing your work
Explains ineffective and effective ways to promote your published work
Sacrifice a little accuracy for a lot more comprehensive coverage
Invited prologue for a book on Google Scholar
Publish or Perish: Realising Google Scholar's potential to democratise citation analysis
Reports on a presentation at the Google Scholar Day: Changing current evaluation paradigms
Do Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science speak your language?
Short summary of white paper on the coverage of non-English language publications in three major databases for citation analysis
Google Scholar is a serious alternative to Web of Science
Argues that Google Scholar needs to be treated as a serious alternative data source for citation analysis
The double-edged sword of ethnic similarity for expatriates
Introducing Shea Fan's work on the double-edged sword of ethnic similarity
Creating a supportive and collaborative research culture at Middlesex University Business School
How supportive and collaborative research cultures can improve international research rankings
Middlesex University rising in the research rankings
Quick summary of MDX's strongly improved position in three international research rankings
Middlesex University Summer 2018 writing boot-camp
Reports on the Summer 2018 writing boot-camp I organised at Cumberland Lodge near Windsor and links to the slides used
Middlesex University Summer 2019 writing boot-camp
Reports on the Summer 2019 writing boot-camp I organised at Cumberland Lodge near Windsor and links to the slides used
Middlesex University 2020 virtual writing boot-camp
Reports on the Summer 2020 virtual writing boot-camp and links to the slides used
Middlesex University Winter 2018 writing boot-camp
Reports on the Winter 2018 writing boot-camp I organised at Cumberland Lodge near Windsor and links to the slides used
Join us at Middlesex - Recruiting 11 new colleagues!
Announces a major recruitment round for the Department of Managment, Leadership and Organization at Middlesex University
CYGNA: Women academics in Australia and France
Reports on various CYGNA meetings with the theme of working in foreign countries
How to ensure your research achieves the impact it deserves
Reports on my presentation at Tilburg University
Building your academic brand through engagement with social media
Reports on my presentation at the Free University of Amsterdam
Fostering research impact through social media
Full recording of a 1.5-hour presentation on the four C's of getting cited and an 8-step workflow on how to effectively disseminate your research.
Social Media in Academia (6): Twitter
Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of Twitter
Social Media in Academia (4): LinkedIn
Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of LinkedIn
Why do I need to write a letter to the editor? [8/8]
The last step in the submission process is an important means to "sell" your paper to the journal
Intercultural Survey Research: Challenges & Solutions
A new online paper on the challenges of international and cross-cultural survey research
How to measure research impact: YouTube series
Collates twelve mini-videos on measuring research impact based on an interview with Vas Taras
Tips for promotion applications [4/4]
Part 4 of a 4-part post which explains why internal promotion in academia might be harder to achieve than external promotion and gives tips for successful applications
STI conference Leiden: metrics vs peer review
An extensive report on the conference, my presentation on the REF and gender initiatives
The mystery of the phantom reference
Shows how sloppy writing and sloppy quality control lead to a non-existing article being cited nearly 400 times
The phantom reference strikes again
Update of a 2017 white paper that shows that - with over 500 citations - the phantom reference is alive and kicking
Can we use Google Scholar to identify highly-cited documents?
Introducing my new article on Google Scholar with the Granada EC3 group
Is Google Scholar flawless? Of course not!
Reviews the major limitations of Google Scholar
LIS-Bibliometrics 10th anniversary event: The Future of Research Evaluation
Listing of all video recordings at the LIS-Bibliometrics 10th year anniversary conference
Proof over promise: a more inclusive ranking of academics
Shows how using a different data source and different metrics completely changes the Dutch Economics top-40
Health warning: Might contain multiple personalities
Shows how a lack of name disambiguation leads to serious distortion of the Essential Science Indicators
To rank or not to rank
Gives an overview of my research in the field of journal rankings, university rankings and citation rankings
Why metrics can (and should?) be used in the Social Sciences
Reports on my presentation presented at "The Future of Research Assessment Peer Review vs. Metrics"
Web of Science: How to be robbed of 10 years of citations in one week!
Shows how I was "robbed" of citations through inaccurate publication matching in the Web of Science
Measuring the impact of academic research: Best practices and open questions
Reports on a workshop at Birkbeck University in December 2016
The four C's of getting cited
Short summary of white paper explaining why competence, collaboration, care and communication help to realise the citation impact of your work
What do you cite? Using references strategically [7/8]
Shows you how references can save you hundreds of words and position your paper
My first European Academy of Management conference
Reports on my presentations at the EURAM 2016 conference on Language in Academia and the Future of Management Education & Research
Living and working abroad
Landing page for resources related to living and working abroad
External resources
Landing page for a range of external resources
Six Essential Science Indicators highly-cited papers
Lists six of my papers that are Web of Science highly-cited papers, i.e. top 1% most cited in their fields
CYGNA: Working effectively with support staff in academia
Reports on our 18th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on working with support staff and a discussion of boundaryless careers
Twenty-three articles with free publisher access
Alerts reader to free access of official publisher versions of my articles
Stating your case: Journal average
Publish or Perish tutorial
Where to submit your paper? Compare journals by impact
Shows how to use Publis or Perish to compare journals by impact
How to make your case for impact
Shows you how to make your case for impact by comparing your papers to the journal average
EURAM Meet the editors panel
Reports on a meet the editors panel at the 2016 EURAM conference
What makes an article highly cited?
Shows topic and author have a stronger influence on citations than journal outlet
Conclusions: last impressions count too! [6/8]
Last but not least: conclusions are a crucial part of your paper's key message
Culture shock
Explaining culture shock and how to deal with it
British culture
Anne-Wil's take on British culture: humour, indirectness, informality, patience, friendliness, and politeness
Living and working in Melbourne
Provides background information useful for those contemplating to work in Melbourne
British educational system
Anne-Wil's take on the British educational system: grading system, how to get high marks, coursework, groupwork, presentations, interaction with your tutor
Do countries specialise in particular research areas?
Applies theories of revealed comparative advantage and the competitive advantage of nations to academic disciplines
Internal versus external promotion [1/4]
Part 1 of a 4-part post which explains why internal promotion in academia might be harder to achieve than external promotion and gives tips for successful applications
Last impressions count too! The importance of conclusions
Warns against ending your academic article with your study's limitations
62nd edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2018 ABS update
CV of failures
Explains why rejection and failure are a normal part of an academic career and not something to hide or be embarrassed about
The bridging role of expatriates and inpatriates
Illustrates how expatriates and inpatriates differ in terms of their roles in knowledge transfer to and from MNC headquarters
Looking for John Smith? About author disambiguation
Details how users of Publish or Perish can disambiguate authors
WAIB Panel: Academic career strategies for women in the UK
Reports on a WAIB Panel at the AIB-UKI meeting in Birmingham April 2018
Presenting your case for tenure or promotion?
Shows how to make your case for tenure or promotion by comparing your record to a relevant peer group
Citation analysis: Tips for Deans and other administrators
Provides recommendations for Deans and senior administrators for fair and equitable research evaluation
When are theories (not) interesting?
A spirited account of what distinguishes interesting theories from non-interesting ones
EURAM 2017: Famous scholars in expatriate studies
Reports on my presentations at the EURAM 2017 conference and a symposium on famous scholars in expatriate studies
Hablas vielleicht un peu la mia language?
Systematically reviews the impact of language differences on the HQ-subsidiary relationship
64th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the November 2018 CNRS update
Harzing.com blog 1 year old!
Celebrating my blog's first anniversary with the top-10 most read blogs
An Australian "productivity boom"? ... or maybe just a database expansion?
Shows how difficult longitudinal bibliometric analyses are when database coverage changes
Replication studies: learning from failure and success
Short commentary illustrating the importance of replication through two examples
Publish or Perish version 6
Introduces Publish or Perish release 6 and its new data sources
57th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2016 Erasmus Journal List
The double-edged sword of ethnic similarity
Introduces Shea Fan's work on ethnic identity confirmation in a Chinese host context
CYGNA: Secondary data sources and research portfolios
Reports on our 19th CYGNA meeting with presentations about working with secondary data sources and balancing your research portfolio
Where to submit your paper? Which journals publish on your topic
Shows how to use Publish or Perish to find out which journals publish on your topic
Country of origin matters for multinationals too
Reviews my research on country-of-origin effects on MNCs over the last 15 years
Writing laudations or obituaries?
Illustrates how to ensure you get comprehensive coverage of an academic's work when writing laudations or obituaries
Submit to only one journal at a time
About good practices in journal submission
Meeting an official guest or your academic hero?
Shows you how to prepare for any academic meeting in 5-10 minutes
How to conduct searches with Microsoft Academic
Explains how to use Microsoft Academic as a new data source in Publish or Perish
What if fully agree doesn't mean the same thing across cultures?
Explains how response style difference between countries can distort cross-national comparisons
Take care of the little ants
One of the most funny and sad stories about office politics I have ever read
61st edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2017 CNRS update and the 2018 HCERES update
Elected as AIB Fellow
Announces the news of my election as AIB Fellow
CYGNA: Internationalisation of Japanese academia
Reports on our 27th CYGNA meeting with presentations on internationalisation of academia and a social media clinic
60th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2017 CNRS update and the 2017 Danish ministry update
Reflections on norms for the h-index and related indices
Uses Academy of Management and Academy of International Business Presidents to present aspirational norm scores
Challenges in International survey research: illustrations and solutions
Reviews my work on international mail surveys and response rates across countries
How to merge “stray citation" records?
Explains how to merge different occurrences of a paper in Publish or Perish
Microsoft Academic: Is the Phoenix getting wings?
Compares citation coverage in the new Microsoft Academic with Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science
Even my errata are valued publications! Yes, really...
Another illustration of the hillarious invitations by predatory journals
The benefits of being understood
Introducing Shea Fan's work on the role of ethnic identity confirmation in the relationship between expatriates and host country employees in China
Four waves of R&D internationalization: the South as a destination of R&D related FDI
Introducing Shasha Zhao's work on the transformation of foreign MNEs’ low-value-adding operations in the South into high-value-adding R&D operations
Are referencing errors undermining our scholarship and credibility?
Discusses how myths are created through careless referencing
Should we distance ourselves from the cultural distance concept?
Argues IB research would do well to reconsider its fascination with distance measures
58th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2016 ABDC update and the new FT50 ranking
How to find your next research project?
Provides suggestions on how to find new and interesting research projects
Harzing.com blog 2 years old!
Celebrating my blog's second anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs
From h-index to hIa: The ins and outs of research metrics
Explains two key research metrics and compares three sources of citation data: the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.
CYGNA: Be nice AND get the corner office
Reports on our 21st CYGNA meeting with an emphasis on negotiating your employment conditions
65th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the June 2019 CNRS update and the June 2019 FNEGE update
Welcome to my blog!
Introduction to Anne-Wil's blog
How to import ISI and Scopus data in Publish or Perish?
Illustrates how Web of Science and Scopus data can be imported into Publish or Perish
Want to impress at an academic job interview?
Shows you how to use PoP do some intelligence gathering to make a good impression at a job interview
The golden triangle: standardization, localization or dominance?
Illustrates the convergence to a world-wide best practice model for human resources
CYGNA: Publishing in Management, Psychology and International Business
Reports on various CYGNA meetings with the general theme of publishing
Rocket Science? Networking and External Engagement for Academic Success
Seminar by Axele Giroud at Middlesex presenting the reasons why networking and external engagement constitute complementary skills
The Dean's disease: the Darker Side of Power
Art Bedeian's hilarious and sobering paper about how power corrupts even Academic Deans
How to write for US journals with non-US data
Summarizes an editorial by Carol Kulik that explains how to position your research for an international reader
English as a Lingua Franca in Academia
Reports on my presentation at Manchester Metropolitan University
The Ethical Professor
Provides a short introduction to a book on ethical dilemmas in academic careers
Subsidiaries down-under: victims of their geographical isolation?
Systematically reviews the impact of geographical differences on the HQ-subsidiary relationship
Of bears, bumble-bees and spiders & who's in charge?
Summarizes my research in the field of MNC staffing policies
Two new kids on the block: Crossref and Dimensions
Compares publication and citation coverage in the Crossref and Dimensions with Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Scopus and Web of Science
Strategies for Publishing Pedagogical Research
Reports on a seminar by David Boud at Middlesex University on the 2nd of July 2019
How to write successful funding applications?
Provides ten tips for successful funding applications
How to assess journal impact?
Illustrates how Publish or Perish can be used to assess journal impact
Harzing.com blog 3 years old!
Celebrating my blog's third anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs
The mystery of the phantom reference: a detective story
Short summary of white paper that shows how sloppy writing and sloppy quality control lead to a non-existing article being cited nearly 400 times
Publish or Perish General Search - a Swiss Army Knife?
Lists five little known things you can do with the PoP General Citation Search
Is ISI misunderstanding the Social Sciences?
Documents how ISI is inappropriately applying Science-based criteria to articles in the Social Sciences
New research monograph: Managing expatriates in China
Introducing my new research monograph with Linn Zhang and Shea Fan
Transfer of HR practices in multinational companies
Research by Barbara Myloni - my first PhD student - on local isomorphism versus internal consistency in multinationals
When to say no?
Criteria for saying no: Just because you can do something doesn't mean you always should do something
CYGNA: Careers, mobility and belonging: foreign women academics in the UK
Reports on our 15th CYGNA meeting with a special emphasis on the challenges for female foreign academics in the UK
Why is learning the host country language important for expatriates?
A new online paper on the impact of host country language learning on expatriate local relationships in China
Gender and geographical diversity in the JIBS editorial board: an update
Announces an update of white paper on editorial board diversity
CYGNA: Gender researchers meeting
Reports on our 20th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on work-life balance
Please don't respond to the entire mailing list
About the irritating email behaviour of sending a personal response to hundreds of addressees
Publishing in Management Education Journals
Report on a seminar by Jon Billsberry at Middlesex University on the 5th of March 2018
How to address your lecturer?
Shows how countries differ in their expected way of address for teachers
Of Ostriches, Frogs, Birds and Lizards
New online paper with Chenchen Li and Linn Zhang on cultural identity negotation strategies
How to get listed on the ESI ranking of highly cited authors
Illustrates how tongue-in-cheek papers might be taken seriously by naive (or desparate) academics
Microsoft Academic is one year old: the Phoenix is ready to leave the nest
The third of my trilogy of papers on Microsoft Academic reporting on its coverage one year after its re-launch
The importance of context in International Business
A critical analysis of the use of cultural distance in international business
Journal of Global Mobility Best EURAM paper
Shea Fan's paper "The Benefits of Being Understood" won the best paper award of the standing track on Expatriation
CYGNA: Big Data in the Social Sciences
Reports on our 24th CYGNA meeting with expert introductions into big data in the social sciences and the gender aspects of artificial intelligence
AIB RM-SIG: Research methods in International Business
Listing of all recent articles published in Journal of International Business Studies dealing with methodological issues
Publish or Perish tutorial now in book format
Introduces the Publish or Perish tutorial: 80 easy tips to get the best out of the software
Why are there so few female Economics professors?
Short summary of my article in Economisch Statistiche Berichten on gender bias and meritocray in academia
The many benefits of a shared language in multinationals
Reports on a study outlining the relationship between shared language and knowledge flows
Don't write mass emails (2): asking for help
Shows some typical student emails asking for help out of the blue
The distinctiveness of European management scholarship
About common sense scholarship that prefers artistic rigour over technical rigour
Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say
Gives my reflections on my Summer reading "Return to Meaning" and pleads for individual initiative in creating Positive Academia
Nancy Adler: Daring to Care
Nancy Adler's inspirational papers on doing research that matters
Australian research output in Economics & Business: quantity over quality?
Shows the discrepancy between research productivity and research impact for Australian research in Economics & Business
Language in International Business
Research program 5: Language barrier and its solutions, language in HQ-subsidiary relationships, language and cooperative vs. competitive behaviour
Transfer of HRM Practices in MNCs [2000-2010]
Research program 4: an insight into the interplay of cultural, institutional and organisational factors that affect the transfer of HRM practices across borders.
The International Research Process
Research program 3: Loosely coupled projects or articles that focus on research process issues in international research: discarding the myths of expatriate failure rates, European homogeneity, the cultural distance concept. International mail surveys: timing, response rates, response styles
Metrics: hI,norm and hIa
Publish or Perish tutorial
Replication study gives thumbs up for the individual annual h-index
Applies the hIa index for a large sample of academics in the United Emirates
Publish or Perish increases transparency in academic appointments
Illustrates how PoP has been used to expose nepotism and incompetence
Bibliometrics in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Reports on my presentation at a workshop in March 2017 organised by the UK LIS-Bibliometrics group
Running the REF on a rainy Sunday afternoon: Do metrics match peer review?
Short summary of white paper that proposes replacing the REF with a metrics-based exercise
Your introduction: first impressions count! [5/8]
What are the elements of an effective introduction: context, importance and interest
Working with ISI data: Beware of categorisation problems
ISI appears to regularly misclassify journal articles containing original research into the "review" or "proceedings paper" category, rather than assigning them to the appropriate "article" category.
How to use Publish or Perish effectively?
Presents the slides of a Bibliometrics Summer School session in July 2019
66th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with 2019 ABDC update
67th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with updates for the Danish list, HCRES and CNRS
CYGNA: Internal versus External promotion
Reports on our 22nd CYGNA meeting with a presentation giving tips for internal and external promotion applications
Strange journal invitations popping up in my inbox every day
Discusses the phenomenon of predatory open access journals
Google Scholar: CAPTCHAS
Publish or Perish tutorial
CYGNA: Social network analysis and managing large research teams
Reports on our 17th CYGNA meeting with presentations about social network analysis and managing large research teams
MNC entry mode: it is not just about choice!
Reviews my research on entry mode choice including some unpublished work on management of different entry modes
Thank You: The most underused words in academia?
About the importance of courtesy in email communications
CYGNA: Building your academic brand through social media
Reports on our 16th CYGNA meeting with two presentations on social media in academia
The four P's of getting published
Short summary of white paper explaining how performance, practice, participation and persistance are needed to publish academic papers
Writing your abstract: not a last-minute activity [4/8]
Explains what needs to be included in an effective abstract
Your title: the public face of your paper [3/8]
Illustrates how to create a good title through an iterative process
Trailblazers of diversity: editors and editorial board diversity
Documents my research with Isabel Metz on gender and international diversity in editorial boards
Research fraud: salutary reading for the Summer holidays
Introduces Diederik Stapel's novel Derailment, a salutary tale of a researcher's downfall
CYGNA: Life-long learning in academia
Reports on our 25th CYGNA meeting with presentations on an Erasmus visit and participation in the Aurora program
EIBA Leeds: IB in a Confused World Order
A report on the EIBA conference at Leeds University in December 2019
Meetings 2015-2016
Overview of Cygna network meetings in the academic year 2015-2016
Meetings 2016-2017
Overview of Cygna network meetings in the academic year 2016-2017
How many references is enough?
Some reflections on why more references isn't always better, but how strategic referencing might help
Meetings 2019-2020
Overview of Cygna network meetings in the academic year 2019-2020
Using PoP: Queries preferences
Publish or Perish tutorial
Using PoP: General preferences
Publish or Perish tutorial
Using PoP: Program menu
Publish or Perish tutorial
Paper submission: Compare journal impact
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: Scopus import
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: Exporting
Publish or Perish tutorial
Bibliometric research
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar
Publish or Perish tutorial
Bibliometric research: Authors
Publish or Perish tutorial
Metrics
Publish or Perish tutorial
Journal search
Publish or Perish tutorial
Metrics: More h-indices
Publish or Perish tutorial
Citation analysis across disciplines: The impact of different data sources and citation metrics
Documents how different data ources and different citations metrics might lead to very different conclusions in cross-disciplinary comparisons
Author evaluation: Meeting an academic visitor
Publish or Perish tutorial
Stating your case: Reference group
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author evaluation: Laudatio or obituary
Publish or Perish tutorial
General search: Topic in journal
Publish or Perish tutorial
Using PoP: Context menu
Publish or Perish tutorial
Using PoP: The columns
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Slow searches
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Citation years
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Missing subject areas
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Book edition cites
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Stray citations
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Inconsistent year
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Wrong author(s)
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Wrong master record
Publish or Perish tutorial
Google Scholar: Truncation
Publish or Perish tutorial
Bibliometric research: Journals
Publish or Perish tutorial
Paper submission: Pre-submision check
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author evaluation: Tips for Deans
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author evaluation: Job interview
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author evaluation: Publication awards
Publish or Perish tutorial
Stating your case: Argue for quality
Publish or Perish tutorial
Stating your case: Edited volume
Publish or Perish tutorial
Stating your case: Pick metrics wisely
Publish or Perish tutorial
Metrics: h and g-index
Publish or Perish tutorial
Accuracy: Selective merge
Publish or Perish tutorial
Accuracy: Merge duplicates
Publish or Perish tutorial
Accuracy: Check year
Publish or Perish tutorial
Accuracy: PoP vs GS for journals
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: Aggregation
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: Longitudinal data
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: Archives
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: ISI import
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: Re-importing
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: List view
Publish or Perish tutorial
Multi-query center: Tree view
Publish or Perish tutorial
General search: Institutions
Publish or Perish tutorial
General search: Advanced author
Publish or Perish tutorial
General search: Find academics
Publish or Perish tutorial
General search: Find articles
Publish or Perish tutorial
Journal search: Edited volumes
Publish or Perish tutorial
Journal search: Year restrictions
Publish or Perish tutorial
Journal search: Search by ISSN
Publish or Perish tutorial
Journal search: Exclude by ISSN(2)
Publish or Perish tutorial
Journal search: Exclude by ISSN(1)
Publish or Perish tutorial
Journal search: Exclude homonyms
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Use affiliation
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Use research field
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Exclude co-authors
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Use multiple names
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Use year restrictions
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Use full given name
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Exclude homonyms
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Use multiple initials
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Selective exclusion
Publish or Perish tutorial
Author disambiguation: Include quotes (" ")
Publish or Perish tutorial
How to become an author of ESI Highly Cited Papers?
Documents how unscrupulous predatory open access journals can distort citation counts
Author evaluation
Publish or Perish tutorial
Paper submission
Publish or Perish tutorial
Stating your case
Publish or Perish tutorial
CYGNA's 5 year anniversary: MDX writing boot-camp
Reports on the Middlesex writing bootcamp for CYGNA members - a full day even to celebrate our 5th anniversary
Useful resources when preparing for journal submission
Presents some key resources to improve your chances of successful publication
Accuracy
Publish or Perish tutorial
Language effects in international mail surveys
Explains how questionnaire language might influence the responses received in cross-cultural research
Multi-query center
Publish or Perish tutorial
General search
Publish or Perish tutorial
Free articles in international business
Provides a list of my articles in the area of international business that are freely accessible from the publisher
Testing key IB typologies: Bartlett & Ghoshal and Gupta & Govindarajan
Introduces my research on testing two of the most well-known typologies in International Business
Meetings 2018-2019
Overview of Cygna network meetings in the academic year 2018-2019
Meetings 2017-2018
Overview of Cygna network meetings in the academic year 2017-2018
Harzing.com blog 4 years old!
Celebrating my blog's fourth anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs
Running the REF on a rainy Sunday afternoon: Do metrics match peer review?
White paper that proposes replacing the REF with a metrics-based exercise
Do Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science speak your language?
Discusses the coverage of non-English language publications in three major databases for citation analysis
Meetings 2014-2015
Overview of Cygna network meetings in the academic year 2014-2015
Quick introduction
Quick introduction to the most common uses of Publish or Perish
Key Issues in International Survey Research
Explores the key challenges in international survey research at different stages of the research process
Accuracy
Background information about the accuracy of the results presented by Publish or Perish
White papers and presentations
A list of Anne-Wil's white papers and presentation with linked access
Gender and geographical diversity in the editorial board of the Journal of International Business Studies
Reviews the gender and geographical diversity of the premier IB journal over time and discusses the impact of editors
Publications
Overview of books and links to other publications
Microsoft Academic (Search): a Phoenix arisen from the ashes?
Assesses Microsoft Academic coverage through a detailed comparison with Google Scholar, the Web of Science, and Scopus
59th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2016 FNEGE update and the 2017 HCRES update
Finding a Unicorn? Research funding in Business & Management research
Explains why university administrators need to be realistic in the amount of research funding they can expect Business School academics to generate
Managing Expatriates in China: A Language and Identity Perspective
Full information about our research monograph in the Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management series
Experimental research and Nvivo
Reports on Luisa Pinto's Erasmus visit to Middlesex University with seminars on experimental research and Nvivo
CYGNA: Negotiation workshop
Reports on our 30th CYGNA meeting dealing with negotations styles
The four P's of publishing
Explains how performance, practice, participation and persistance are needed to publish academic papers
Action Intent: Getting closer to leadership behavior in 22 countries
New book chapter on how "close-to-action" leadership scenarios can be used to study leadership across cultures
Experimental research in international management
New book chapter on how experimental research can advance language research in international management
The Publish or Perish Book (PDF edition)
Full information about the PDF version of the Publish or Perish Book
Managing the Multinationals: An international study of control mechanisms
Full information about the published version of my PhD dissertation
International Human Resource Management
Full information about the 1st edition of my IHRM textbook
International Human Resource Management, 2/E
Full information about the 2nd edition of my IHRM textbook
International Human Resource Management, 3/E
Full information about the 3rd edition of my IHRM textbook
International Human Resource Management, 4/E
Full information about the 4th edition of my IHRM textbook
63rd edition of the Journal Quality List on-line
New version of the Journal Quality List with the June 2018 CNRS update
Research supervision
Research supervision philosophy and list of current and past research students with publications resulting from their PhD
Complex author questions: very easy!
Details how to run author searches for multiple authors
Free articles on (journal) rankings
Provides a list of my articles in the area of journal rankings that are freely accessible from the publisher
Benchmarking research performance
Reports on my presentation at the EFMD Research Leadership Programme
A tribute to Thomas Hippler (1972-2018)
Introduces an academic reflections and personal messages book to celebrate Thomas Hippler and his work
Experimental research in IB: Presenting at CERIB Kingston
Reports on my presentation at the launch of CERIB (Centre for Experimental Research in International Business)
Historic screen shots of Harzing.com
Screenshots of previous incarnations of Harzing.com
Teaching experience
Summary of Anne-Wil's teaching experience, courses taught, teaching philosophy, and student feedback
Administrative experience
Summary of Anne-Wil's formal administrative roles and experience since 1997
Expatriation and international jobs
Anne-Wil's choice of resources relating to expatriation and working internationally
How to address your teacher?
Documents large differences between countries in the way students normally expect to address their teachers.
Cross-cultural and language resources
Anne-Wil's choice of resources relating to cross-cultural management and language
Gender bias and meritocracy: How to make career advancement in Economics more inclusive
Part of a Dossier on Women in Economics published in Economisch Statistische Berichten
Musings of recent graduate
Epilogue of my PhD thesis including my reflections on international management research
Free articles on citation analysis
Provides a list of my articles in the area of Bibliometrics that are freely accessible from the publisher
International Human Resource Management, 5/E
Full information about the 5th edition of my IHRM textbook
Does Everybody Still Want a Wife?
Commentary on Wives of the Organization arguing how we need change institutions
Exporting references and opening articles/citations
Description of reference details exported from different data sources
Journals and magazines
Anne-Wil's choice of journals and magazines
Academic software
List three useful software products and presents our software manifesto
Academic, professional and international organisations
Anne-Wil's choice of academic, professional and international organisations
International business resources
Anne-Wil's choice of resources relating to international business
Working in the UK
Anne-Wil's reflections on working in the United Kingdom
Doing International Research
Useful websites, papers and presentations for doing international research
Fundraising
List of Anne-Wil's grants
Harzing.com paper series
Introduces the Harzing.com paper series
Not a Post About Gender and Academia
Heather Jeffrey interviews me for the Huffington post
Inspirational readings for female academics
Inspirational readings about research that matters, interviews with female academics, and interesting blogs, websites and books
Reviewing and editorial experience
Lists Anne-Wil's editorial activities and editorial board memberships
Memberships
Lists Anne-Wil's membership of academic and professional organisations
Writing coursework assignments
Summarizes some key issues relating to coursework assignments: grammare, spelling, and references
The Publish or Perish Book: Citation analysis for academics and administrators
Full information about the paperback version of the Publish or Perish Book, part 2
The Publish or Perish Book: A guide to the software
Full information about the paperback version of the Publish or Perish Book, part 1
The Publish or Perish Book (Paperback)
Full information about the paperback version of the Publish or Perish Book
Ten career-best publications
Choice of ten career-best articles in 2011
London HR & OB Group
Network of female academics working in Human Resource Management & Organizational Behaviour
Previous meetings, presentations and pictures
HROB Network: list of previous meetings with presentations and pictures
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