17 pages tagged "academic referencing"

Doing research in an analog time

Documents how technologies during my PhD were vastly different from what we now take for granted

26 Apr 2026 (updated 07 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

Myth busted: most academic research DOES get cited

How click-bait was transformed into “fact” through poor academic referencing practices

23 Oct 2025 (updated 09 Apr 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Academic publishing resources

Presents resources related to research impact, journal quality, journal rankings and citation analysis

06 Feb 2016 (updated 11 Sep 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to publish an unusual paper? Referencing errors, scholarship & credibility

Tells the story of a paper that was desk-rejected by more than a dozen journals

17 Oct 2022 (updated 07 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

What's the story behind your first paper?

Explains the background to my first ever academic publication, which was chosen as the top paper for research in global careers

15 Sep 2022 (updated 09 Apr 2026) - 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

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

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 phantom reference strikes again

Update of a 2017 white paper that shows that - with over 500 citations - the phantom reference is alive and kicking

28 Nov 2019 (updated 02 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

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

08 Nov 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

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

Replication studies: learning from failure and success

Short commentary illustrating the importance of replication through two examples

09 Jul 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Are referencing errors undermining our scholarship and credibility?

Discusses how myths are created through careless referencing

01 Apr 2016 (updated 24 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing