12 pages tagged "from my inbox"

How to address other academics by email?
18 May 2017 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Provides suggestions on the best way to address academics by email

Thank You: The most underused words in academia?
21 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing
About the importance of courtesy in email communications

Please be polite and considerate
28 Jul 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing
About the importance of appreciating academic volunteers

GenAI or GenIA - Use it to Generate Inspiration (if you must), not Automation
27 Jan 2025 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Does GenAI reinforce competition by celebrating the individual hero genius scientist, leading us to forget that academic discovery and engagement is about teams, not about individuals?

Don't write mass emails (2): how (not) to ask for help
30 Jun 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows some typical student emails asking for help out of the blue

Fairly or very? A tiny word that makes the world of difference
01 Apr 2024 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Discusses a common source of confusion for native Chinese speakers

Please don't respond to the entire mailing list
21 Oct 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing
The impact of sending a personal response to hundreds or even thousands of addressees

How to get listed on the ESI ranking of highly cited authors
08 Sep 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Illustrates how tongue-in-cheek papers might be taken seriously by naive (or desparate) academics

Web of Science: How to be robbed of 10 years of citations in one week!
15 Feb 2017 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how I was "robbed" of citations through inaccurate publication matching in the Web of Science

Even my errata are valued publications! Yes, really...
07 Sep 2017 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Another illustration of the hillarious invitations by predatory journals

Bank error in your favour? How to gain 3,000 citations in a week
21 Sep 2017 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how I gained 3,000 citations in a week through inaccurate publication matching in the Web of Science

Don't write mass emails (1): distributing your work
18 May 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing
Explains ineffective and effective ways to promote your published work