41 pages tagged "bibliometric research"

Working with ISI data: Beware of categorisation problems

ISI appears to regularly misclassify journal articles containing original research into the "review" or "proceedings paper" category, rather than assigning them to the appropriate "article" category.

06 Feb 2016 (updated 06 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The myth of the academic superstar - or why name disambiguation is crucial

Shows how a lack of name disambiguation leads to a serious distortion of the Essential Science Indicators ranking of the top-1% most cited academics

19 Jan 2026 (updated 06 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Value for money in the UK REF

Argues that post-92 Business Schools pull above their weight in many elements of the REF, that QR funding should be distributed more equally, and that we should have a ring-fenced budget to promote sector-wide learning

06 Sep 2025 (updated 03 Jul 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Can you really publish 20-40 articles a day?

Introducing my new white paper: The myth of the academic superstar - or why name disambiguation is crucial

01 Apr 2026 (updated 02 Jul 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

In defence of the Business School: One myth and four truths

Argues we need to be prouder of being Business School academics. We deliver research that is both high-quality and societally impactful on a shoestring budget, whilst educating a fifth of all students in the UK.

29 Apr 2025 (updated 24 Nov 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

Highly cited academics in Business & Management over the years

Analysis of the top-50 most highly cited academics in Business & Management and its increasing level of diversity over the years

14 Nov 2023 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Value for money in the UK Research Excellence Framework

Short summary of my white paper: Value for money in the UK REF: Why invest in post-92 Business Schools and sector-wide collaboration?

15 Oct 2025 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Why we should support Business School research

Short summary of my white paper: In defence of the Business School

14 May 2025 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - 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

Top-50 academics in Business & Management worldwide: new 2023 ranking

Analysis of the top-50 most highly cited academics in Business & Management and its increasing level of diversity over the years

19 Feb 2024 (updated 19 Feb 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Top-50 academics in Business & Management worldwide: new 2022 ranking

Discusses the new October 2022 individual ranking based on Scopus citations, listing the top 2% most cited academics in each field

02 Nov 2022 (updated 29 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Bibliometric research: Journals

Publish or Perish tutorial

06 Feb 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Bibliometric research: Authors

Publish or Perish tutorial

06 Feb 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Bibliometric research

Publish or Perish tutorial

06 Feb 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Forever young? University age in the Times Higher Education Young Universities ranking

Queries whether the THE Young ranking is taking the definition of "young" a little too far

04 Apr 2022 (updated 04 Jul 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Top-50 academics in Business & Management worldwide: new 2021 ranking

Discusses a new individual ranking based on Scopus citations as well as some concrete suggestions for changing performance appraisal

26 Nov 2021 (updated 14 Sep 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Top-50 most highly-cited academics in Business & Management worldwide

Discusses a new individual ranking based on Scopus citations as well as some concrete suggestions for changing performance appraisal

17 Dec 2020 (updated 29 Sep 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Publish or Perish Book: Doing bibliometric research with Google Scholar

Full information about the paperback version of the Publish or Perish Book, part 3

06 Feb 2016 (updated 12 Nov 2020) - 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

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

"Publier or perir": English in French academia

Guest post by Anne Laure Humbert on the role of English in French academia

20 Apr 2019 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne Laure Humbert

Creating a supportive, collaborative and inclusive research culture at Middlesex University

How supportive, collaborative, and inclusive research cultures can improve international research rankings

15 Jan 2019 (updated 15 Oct 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

STI conference Leiden: metrics vs peer review

An extensive report on the conference, my presentation on the REF and gender initiatives

01 Oct 2018 (updated 03 Jul 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

To rank or not to rank

Gives an overview of my research in the field of journal rankings, university rankings and citation rankings

14 Oct 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

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

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

Microsoft Academic is one year old: the Phoenix is ready to leave the nest

The third of my trilogy of papers on Microsoft Academic reporting on its coverage one year after its re-launch

26 Jun 2017 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Why metrics can (and should?) be used in the Social Sciences

Reports on my presentation presented at "The Future of Research Assessment Peer Review vs. Metrics"

26 May 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

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

Can we use Google Scholar to identify highly-cited documents?

Introducing my new article on Google Scholar with the Granada EC3 group

30 Nov 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Do countries specialise in particular research areas?

Applies theories of revealed comparative advantage and the competitive advantage of nations to academic disciplines

13 Oct 2016 (updated 24 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Citation analysis for the Social Sciences: metrics and data-sources

Argues that a fair and inclusive cross-disciplinary comparison of research performance is possible using Google Scholar and the hIa metric

20 Sep 2016 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

From h-index to hIa: The ins and outs of research metrics

Explains two key research metrics and compares three sources of citation data: the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

20 Jul 2016 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Proof over promise: a more inclusive ranking of academics

Shows how using a different data source and different metrics completely changes the Dutch Economics top-40

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

Health warning: Might contain multiple personalities

Shows how a lack of name disambiguation leads to serious distortion of the Essential Science Indicators

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