113 pages tagged "publish or perish tips"

The Journal Quality List (2000-2026)

10 Jul 2026 (updated 10 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

2006-2026 - The changing usage of Publish or Perish over the years

Celebrating 20 years of the Publish or Perish citation analysis software with an analysis of its changing usage over the years: where, why, when, what, who, and how?

30 May 2026 (updated 10 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Working in academia

Container page of all my website resources related to working in academia: books, blogposts, videos, software and more

08 Apr 2020 (updated 04 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog posts by theme

Thematic overview of blog posts and resources

19 Sep 2021 (updated 04 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using the Publish or Perish software

How to use the Publish or Perish software effectively for a wide variety of purposes

12 Aug 2023 (updated 02 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Finding the pearls in your citation record

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to present your academic citation record to its best advantage

17 Jun 2026 (updated 05 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Making your case for tenure and promotion? Use PoP to compare citations to your papers to the journal average

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to make the case for academic impact in your application for tenure or promotion

29 Apr 2026 (updated 18 Mar 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using Publish or Perish to prepare for a job interview

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to to be well-prepared by finding out what academics in the university you applied for are working on

18 Mar 2026 (updated 18 Mar 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog celebrates its 10-year anniversary

Celebrating my blog's tenth anniversary with a recap of the most important and most read posts, as well as the most frequent referrers to my website more generally

11 Mar 2026 (updated 07 Mar 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Need to find reviewers, examiners, speakers, or referees: Publish or Perish comes to the rescue

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find good candidates for academic service roles

18 Feb 2026 (updated 17 Feb 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Finding that elusive article through a title search

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find a specific article if you only recall a few title words

28 Jan 2026 (updated 27 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Referrals to my website in 2025 compared to 2023

Compares referring websites between 2023 and 2025 and shows the rise of ChatGPT as a referrer

07 Jan 2026 (updated 07 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The individual annualised h-index: an ecologically rational heuristic?

Studies a matched sample of University of Melbourne (Associate) Professors to test the hIa as an ecologically rational metric that is unbiased across disciplines, career stage, and gender, as well as predictive for promotion, mobility and awards.

01 Jan 2024 (updated 01 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

02 Aug 2017 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Research Impact 101

Provides an overview of six key issues in the assessment of research impact.

18 Jun 2022 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using Publish or Perish to remember our field's key contributors

Shows you how you can use Publish or Perish to assemble a complete publication and citation record when writing academic obituaries

22 Oct 2025 (updated 23 Oct 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Help!!! Meeting an important visitor? Only have 10 minutes?

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to prepare for a meeting with an important academic visitor in no time at all

11 Jun 2025 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using Publish or Perish as Research Dean or Research Manager

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out what a particular author has published while affiliated with a particular university

21 May 2025 (updated 25 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

What has a university published in a (set of) journal(s)

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out what a particular university has pubished in a specific set of journals

23 Apr 2025 (updated 08 Nov 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Conducting bibliometric research on specific research topics - an example for Green Finance

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to do analyses by keyword or title word

19 Mar 2025 (updated 19 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 9 years old!

Celebrating my blog's ninth anniversary with a recap of the most read posts

12 Mar 2025 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Co-authorship patterns across disciplines over time

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to study co-authorship patterns across various disciplines and make your case for disciplinary impact

19 Feb 2025 (updated 08 Nov 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Co-authorship patterns across countries and time

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to study co-authorship patterns across countries

29 Jan 2025 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How much is [author x] cited in [journal y]?

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out how much a particular author is cited in a particular journal

20 Nov 2024 (updated 19 Nov 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to figure out "citation connections"?

Show you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out whether two academics have ever cited each other

09 Oct 2024 (updated 09 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Did a job applicant publish with(out) their supervisor?

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out what a job applicant published with their supervisor and what they published independently

24 Jun 2024 (updated 01 Jun 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The individual annualised h-index: a 10-year study

Short summary of my white paper: The individual annualised h-index: an ecologically rational heuristic?

27 May 2024 (updated 19 May 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Why did you create the JQL and the PoP software?

Third of nine posts based on my webinar for Georgia State University's CIBER - Interview by Tamer Cavusgil

06 May 2024 (updated 29 Jun 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Have two academics ever published together?

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to find out whether two academics have published together

22 Apr 2024 (updated 04 Feb 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

REF, rankings & reputation

Provides an overview of my work in preparation for REF 2021, research rankings, and reputation management

07 Mar 2023 (updated 19 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 8 years old!

Celebrating my blog's eight anniversary with a recap of the most read posts

11 Mar 2024 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Longitudinal analysis of an author's citation metrics

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software to track your citation metrics over time

26 Feb 2024 (updated 26 Feb 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Who creates Google Scholar Profiles?

Reports on a small curiosity project conducted with the Publish or Perish software

22 Jan 2024 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

What about the Christmas turkey?

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software for curiosity searches

22 Dec 2023 (updated 01 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The history of Science

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software for historical research on a specific journal

27 Nov 2023 (updated 01 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Historical development of a discipline

Shows you how to use the Publish or Perish software for historical research on the discipline of Management

16 Oct 2023 (updated 01 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Just out: New guide to the Publish or Perish software!

My brandnew 375-page guide to the PoP software appears as the fifth book in my "Crafting your career in academia" series

21 Aug 2023 (updated 26 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Academic Woman Interview (4): Research mentorship

Fourth of a series of four posts reporting on my interview with Anatu Mahama of the Academic Woman magazine

10 May 2023 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (8): Tips for time poor academics

The eight in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation & impact. Evidences the positive effect of social media use, with tips for social media newbies.

12 Apr 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (7): Follow the 7 steps for impact

The seventh in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation, and impact. Provides a simple 7-step process to improve your research reputation and impact.

15 Mar 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 7 years old!

Celebrating my blog's seventh anniversary with a recap of the most read posts

08 Mar 2023 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (6): The why and how of Social Media

The sixth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Discusses the various social media platorms and the pros and cons of social media use.

13 Feb 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (5): The 4Cs of getting cited

The fifth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains what to do - ethically! - to improve the chances of your work being cited.

09 Jan 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (4): Citation analysis in the PoP software

The fourth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains how to use the Publish or Perish software to demonstrate your research impact.

19 Dec 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (3): Getting savvy about data sources & metrics

The third in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Gives you a "crash course" on data sources and metrics for citation impact.

28 Nov 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

27 Aug 2016 (updated 13 Nov 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (2): What is impact and why should you care?

The second in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Discusses the various forms of impact and explains why citation impact is important.

24 Oct 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (1): Why is it so important?

The first in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains the rationale behind this series.

26 Sep 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Research impact 101

Short introduction to my new white paper providing an overview of six key issues in the assessment of research impact

29 Aug 2022 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (15): Training resources

Week 15 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

18 Apr 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (14): Transparency & replicability

Week 14 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

07 Apr 2022 (updated 18 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (13): Command line tools

Week 13 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

31 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (12): Facilitate repeated searching

Week 12 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

24 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (11): Google Scholar - include/exclude stray citations and patents

Week 11 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

17 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 6 years old!

Celebrating my blog's sixth anniversary with a recap of the most read blogs

14 Mar 2022 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (10): Google Scholar - limitation of the number of search results

Week 10 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

10 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (9): Google Scholar - retrieval of citing works

Week 9 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

03 Mar 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (8): Google Scholar - DOI extraction

Week 8 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

24 Feb 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (7): Google Scholar - related works

Week 7 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

17 Feb 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (6): Improved search reports - basic or extended

Week 6 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

10 Feb 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (5): Download and export of abstracts

Week 5 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

03 Feb 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (4): Search for free full text version

Week 4 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

27 Jan 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (3): New metric hA index

Week 3 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

20 Jan 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (2): New data-source PubMed

Week 2 of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

13 Jan 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

PoP 8 new features (1): New interface

Start of a weekly announcement of new features of Publish or Perish version 8

06 Jan 2022 (updated 17 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

IB Frontline interview: research section

Introduces the second section of my IB Frontline interview talking about my research, creativity and the future of IB research

10 Dec 2021 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publish or Perish version 8

Introducing Publish or Perish release 8

31 Oct 2021 (updated 01 Jul 2026) - David Adams

How to keep your Google Scholar Profile clean?

Explains how to keep your Google Scholar profile up-to-date and prevent it from getting polluted

25 Sep 2021 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 5 years old!

Celebrating my blog's fifth anniversary with a recap of the most read blogs

22 Mar 2021 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using Publish or Perish for meta-analyses

Explains how to use Publish or Perish to conduct effective meta-analytic research

02 Feb 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Vas Taras

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

26 Jan 2021 (updated 26 May 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

06 Nov 2020 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to measure research impact: YouTube series

Collates twelve mini-videos on measuring research impact based on an interview with Vas Taras

09 Oct 2020 (updated 27 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Looking for multilingual PoP support resources?

Provides a list of videos on using Publish or Perish in a variety of languages

25 Sep 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

LIS-Bibliometrics 10th anniversary event: The Future of Research Evaluation

Listing of all video recordings at the LIS-Bibliometrics 10th year anniversary conference

21 Jun 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 4 years old!

Celebrating my blog's fourth anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs

22 Mar 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

New: Publish or Perish now also exports abstracts

Introduces a new Publish or Perish feature: exporting of publication abstracts

12 Jan 2020 (updated 07 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Middlesex University rising in the research rankings

Quick summary of MDX's strongly improved position in three international research rankings

02 Dec 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Strategies for Publishing Pedagogical Research

Reports on a seminar by David Boud at Middlesex University on the 2nd of July 2019

29 Sep 2019 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to use Publish or Perish effectively?

Presents the slides of a Bibliometrics Summer School session in July 2019

25 Sep 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publish or Perish version 7

Introducing Publish or Perish release 7

02 Sep 2019 (updated 02 Nov 2021) - David Adams

Writing laudations or obituaries?

Illustrates how to ensure you get comprehensive coverage of an academic's work when writing laudations or obituaries

08 Jun 2019 (updated 22 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 3 years old!

Celebrating my blog's third anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs

15 Mar 2019 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Google Scholar Profiles: the good, the bad, and the better

Provides a detailed discussion of how to use Google Scholar Profiles most effectively

24 Nov 2018 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to merge “stray citation" records?

Explains how to merge different occurrences of a paper in Publish or Perish

10 Apr 2018 (updated 13 Jan 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publishing in Management Education Journals

Report on a seminar by Jon Billsberry at Middlesex University on the 5th of March 2018

28 Mar 2018 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Where to submit your paper? Compare journals by impact

Shows how to use Publish or Perish to compare journals by impact

20 Mar 2018 (updated 04 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 2 years old!

Celebrating my blog's second anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs

12 Mar 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publish or Perish version 6

Introduces Publish or Perish release 6 and its new data sources

15 Nov 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Is Google Scholar flawless? Of course not!

Reviews the major limitations of Google Scholar

01 Oct 2017 (updated 02 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Citation analysis: Tips for Deans and other administrators

Provides recommendations for Deans and senior administrators for fair and equitable research evaluation

25 Sep 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

21 Sep 2017 (updated 06 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

11 Sep 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

14 Aug 2017 (updated 18 Nov 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to conduct a longitudinal literature review?

Shows you how to do a longitudinal literature review with Publish or Perish

11 May 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to conduct searches with Microsoft Academic

Explains how to use Microsoft Academic as a new data source in Publish or Perish

18 Apr 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 1 year old!

Celebrating my blog's first anniversary with the top-10 most read blogs

20 Mar 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

20 Feb 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

15 Feb 2017 (updated 06 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Using Publish or Perish to do a literature review

Shows you how to do a comprehensive literature review with publish or perish

07 Feb 2017 (updated 18 Nov 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publish or Perish General Search - a Swiss Army Knife?

Lists five little known things you can do with the PoP General Citation Search

17 Jan 2017 (updated 26 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

14 Dec 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Meeting an official guest or your academic hero?

Shows you how to prepare for any academic meeting in 5-10 minutes

15 Sep 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

15 Sep 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

05 Sep 2016 (updated 09 Nov 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

23 Aug 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Sacrifice a little accuracy for a lot more comprehensive coverage

A prologue for a book on Google Scholar

17 Aug 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to make your case for impact

Shows you how to make your case for impact by comparing your papers to the journal average

13 Jul 2016 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

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

12 Jun 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Complex author questions: very easy!

Details how to run author searches for multiple authors

01 Jun 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to assess journal impact?

Illustrates how Publish or Perish can be used to assess journal impact

06 May 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Looking for John Smith? About author disambiguation

Details how users of Publish or Perish can disambiguate authors

24 Mar 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Welcome to my blog!

Introduction to Anne-Wil's blog

18 Mar 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing