18 pages tagged "that's interesting"

The individual annualised h-index: an ecologically rational heuristic?
01 Jan 2024 (updated 01 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
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.

How to become an author of ESI Highly Cited Papers?
06 Feb 2016 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Documents how unscrupulous predatory open access journals can distort citation counts

Citation analysis across disciplines: The impact of different data sources and citation metrics
06 Feb 2016 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Documents how different data ources and different citations metrics might lead to very different conclusions in cross-disciplinary comparisons

The mystery of the phantom reference
26 Oct 2017 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how sloppy writing and sloppy quality control lead to a non-existing article being cited nearly 400 times

Myth busted: most academic research DOES get cited
23 Oct 2025 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
How click-bait was transformed into “fact” through poor academic referencing practices

The individual annualised h-index: a 10-year study
27 May 2024 (updated 19 May 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Short summary of my white paper: The individual annualised h-index: an ecologically rational heuristic?

Who creates Google Scholar Profiles?
22 Jan 2024 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on a small curiosity project conducted with the Publish or Perish software

Forever young? University age in the Times Higher Education Young Universities ranking
04 Apr 2022 (updated 04 Jul 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Queries whether the THE Young ranking is taking the definition of "young" a little too far

The phantom reference strikes again
28 Nov 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Update of a 2017 white paper that shows that - with over 500 citations - the phantom reference is alive and kicking

The mystery of the phantom reference: a detective story
08 Nov 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
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

Running the REF on a rainy Sunday afternoon: Do metrics match peer review?
14 Aug 2017 (updated 18 Nov 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Short summary of white paper that proposes replacing the REF with a metrics-based exercise

Gender and geographical diversity in the JIBS editorial board: an update
06 Jun 2017 (updated 17 Jan 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Announces an update of white paper on editorial board diversity

How to address your lecturer?
29 Sep 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how countries differ in their expected way of address for teachers

How to get listed on the ESI ranking of highly cited authors
08 Sep 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Illustrates how tongue-in-cheek papers might be taken seriously by naive (or desparate) academics

Reflections on norms for the h-index and related indices
23 Aug 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Uses Academy of Management and Academy of International Business Presidents to present aspirational norm scores

From h-index to hIa: The ins and outs of research metrics
20 Jul 2016 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Explains two key research metrics and compares three sources of citation data: the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

Do Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science speak your language?
12 Jun 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Short summary of white paper on the coverage of non-English language publications in three major databases for citation analysis

Welcome to my blog!
18 Mar 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introduction to Anne-Wil's blog