16 pages tagged "academic referencing"

Harzing.com blog posts by theme
19 Sep 2021 (updated 14 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Thematic overview of blog posts and resources

Working in academia
08 Apr 2020 (updated 03 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Container page of resources related to working in academia

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

Academic publishing resources
06 Feb 2016 (updated 11 Sep 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Presents resources related to research impact, journal quality, journal rankings and citation analysis

How to publish an unusual paper? Referencing errors, scholarship & credibility
17 Oct 2022 (updated 07 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Tells the story of a paper that was desk-rejected by more than a dozen journals

What's the story behind your first paper?
15 Sep 2022 (updated 07 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Explains the background to my first ever academic publication, which was chosen as the top paper for research in global careers

IB Frontline interview: research section
10 Dec 2021 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introduces the second section of my IB Frontline interview talking about my research, creativity and the future of IB research

How to keep your Google Scholar Profile clean?
25 Sep 2021 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Explains how to keep your Google Scholar profile up-to-date and prevent it from getting polluted

Using Publish or Perish for meta-analyses
02 Feb 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Vas Taras
Explains how to use Publish or Perish to conduct effective meta-analytic research

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

Google Scholar Profiles: the good, the bad, and the better
24 Nov 2018 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Provides a detailed discussion of how to use Google Scholar Profiles most effectively

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

Bank error in your favour? How to gain 3,000 citations in a week
21 Sep 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how I gained 3,000 citations in a week through inaccurate publication matching in the Web of Science

Web of Science: How to be robbed of 10 years of citations in one week!
15 Feb 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Shows how I was "robbed" of citations through inaccurate publication matching in the Web of Science

Replication studies: learning from failure and success
09 Jul 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Short commentary illustrating the importance of replication through two examples

Are referencing errors undermining our scholarship and credibility?
01 Apr 2016 (updated 24 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Discusses how myths are created through careless referencing