148 pages tagged "citation analysis"

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Publish or Perish on GNU/Linux

Detailed instructions on how to download and install Publish or Perish on GNU/Linux

06 Feb 2016 (updated 17 Dec 2025) - David Adams

Publish or Perish on Microsoft Windows

Detailed instructions on how to download and install Publish or Perish for Windows

06 Feb 2016 (updated 17 Dec 2025) - David Adams

Publish or Perish on macOS

Detailed instructions on how to download and install Publish or Perish for macOS

06 Feb 2016 (updated 17 Dec 2025) - David Adams

Bibliographic analysis of the scholarly writings of Raj Aggarwal

Provides an historical overview of Raj Aggarwal's research interests and publications, created by using the Publish or Perish software

15 Sep 2025 (updated 04 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

Do Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science speak your language?

Discusses the coverage of non-English language publications in three major databases for citation analysis

12 Jun 2016 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to become an author of ESI Highly Cited Papers?

Documents how unscrupulous predatory open access journals can distort citation counts

06 Feb 2016 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Citation analysis across disciplines: The impact of different data sources and citation metrics

Documents how different data ources and different citations metrics might lead to very different conclusions in cross-disciplinary comparisons

06 Feb 2016 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Google Scholar as a new data source for citation analysis

Documents the advantages and disadvantages of using Google Scholar as a source for citation analysis

06 Feb 2016 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Reflections on the h-index

Introduces the h-index, m-quotient, g-index, contemporary h-index and individual h-index

06 Feb 2016 (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

The four C's of getting cited

Explains how competence, collaboration, care and communication help to ensure your work is getting the citation impact it deserves

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

The mystery of the phantom reference

Shows how sloppy writing and sloppy quality control lead to a non-existing article being cited nearly 400 times

26 Oct 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

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

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

Support Publish or Perish

Support Publish or Perish development

16 Aug 2016 (updated 19 Sep 2025) - David Adams

Everything you always wanted to know about impact...

New edition of book chapter providing a quick overview of the what, why, how and where of research impact

30 Aug 2025 (updated 31 Aug 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

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 role of GenAI in academic interactions

Introducing two recent white papers about the use of GenAI in academia

07 May 2025 (updated 30 Jan 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

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

A brief bibliographic analysis of the scholarly writings of Jan Johanson

Provides an historical overview of Jan Johanson's research interests and publications, created by using the Publish or Perish software

12 Feb 2025 (updated 12 Feb 2025) - 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

Affiliated software and books

Lists useful software products and books and presents our software manifesto

06 Feb 2016 (updated 07 Aug 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

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

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

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

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

Improve your Research Profile

Collates links to all eight blogposts in the series: Improve your Research Profile, Reputation, and Impact

14 Jun 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - 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

Bibliographic analysis of the scholarly writings of José de la Torre

Provides an historical overview of José de la Torre's research interests and publications, created by using the Publish or Perish software

28 Sep 2023 (updated 20 Oct 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Bibliographic analysis of the scholarly writings of John Daniels

Provides an historical overview of John Daniels' research interests and publications, created by using the Publish or Perish software

28 Sep 2023 (updated 20 Oct 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Bibliographic analysis of the scholarly writings of Stephen Kobrin

Provides an historical overview of Stephen Kobrin's research interests and publications, created by using the Publish or Perish software

21 Oct 2022 (updated 18 Oct 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Bibliographic analysis of the scholarly writings of Jean J. Boddewyn

Provides an historical overview of Jean Boddewyn's research interests and publications, created by using the Publish or Perish software

18 Jun 2022 (updated 18 Oct 2023) - 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

How to do impactful research?

Provides advice on impactful research focusing on research passion, societal impact, and the four Cs of citation

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

The Publish or Perish Book

All versions of the Publish or Perish Book and reviews

06 Feb 2016 (updated 21 Mar 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

What made my early work impactful?

Talks about the breadth of the audience and the importance of novelty and good titles in getting your work cited

20 Feb 2023 (updated 07 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Free articles on (journal) rankings

Provides a list of my articles in the area of journal rankings that are freely accessible from the publisher

04 Dec 2016 (updated 23 Dec 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Free articles on citation analysis

Provides a list of my articles in the area of Bibliometrics that are freely accessible from the publisher

04 Dec 2016 (updated 23 Dec 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Publish or Perish Book (Paperback)

Full information about the paperback version of the Publish or Perish Book

06 Feb 2016 (updated 20 Nov 2022) - 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

The Publish or Perish Book (PDF edition)

Full information about the PDF version of the Publish or Perish Book

06 Feb 2016 (updated 09 Nov 2022) - 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

Publish or Perish using CrossOver Mac 10.x or later

Detailed instructions on how to download and install PoP for OS X using CrossOver Mac 10.x or later

06 Feb 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - David Adams

Publish or Perish using CrossOver Mac 9.x or earlier

Detailed instructions on how to download and install PoP for OS X using CrossOver Mac 9.x or earlier

06 Feb 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - David Adams

The Publish or Perish Book: Citation analysis for academics and administrators

Full information about the paperback version of the Publish or Perish Book, part 2

06 Feb 2016 (updated 27 Apr 2022) - 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Everything you always wanted to know about impact...

Book chapter providing a quick overview of the what, why, how and where of research impact

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

Two new kids on the block: Crossref and Dimensions

Compares publication and citation coverage in the Crossref and Dimensions with Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Scopus and Web of Science

11 May 2019 (updated 17 Apr 2026) - 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

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

An Australian "productivity boom"? ... or maybe just a database expansion?

Shows how difficult longitudinal bibliometric analyses are when database coverage changes

24 Jul 2018 (updated 24 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to keep up-to-date with the literature, but avoid information overload?

Provides tips on how to keep up-to-date without getting lost in social media overload

14 May 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - 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

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

How to ensure your paper achieves the impact it deserves?

Discusses the workflow I use to communicate about a new paper

15 Jan 2018 (updated 28 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Making your case for impact if you have few citations

Provides advice on strategies to demonstrate impact with a very low citation level

27 Nov 2017 (updated 11 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

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

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

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

The four C's of getting cited

Short summary of white paper explaining why competence, collaboration, care and communication help to realise the citation impact of your work

18 Sep 2017 (updated 28 Mar 2023) - 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

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

The Publish or Perish Book: A guide to the software

Full information about the paperback version of the Publish or Perish Book, part 1

06 Feb 2016 (updated 20 May 2017) - 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

Australian research output in Economics & Business: quantity over quality?

Shows the discrepancy between research productivity and research impact for Australian research in Economics & Business

01 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

Bibliometrics in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Reports on my presentation at a workshop in March 2017 organised by the UK LIS-Bibliometrics group

27 Mar 2017 (updated 19 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Google Scholar is a serious alternative to Web of Science

Argues that Google Scholar needs to be treated as a serious alternative data source for citation analysis

28 Feb 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

Want to impress at an academic job interview?

Shows you how to use PoP do some intelligence gathering to make a good impression at a job interview

24 Jan 2017 (updated 15 Apr 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

Benchmarking research performance

Reports on my presentation at the EFMD Research Leadership Programme

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

Measuring the impact of academic research: Best practices and open questions

Reports on a workshop at Birkbeck University in December 2016

09 Dec 2016 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Twenty-three articles with free publisher access

Alerts reader to free access of official publisher versions of my articles

04 Dec 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - 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

Presenting your case for tenure or promotion?

Shows how to make your case for tenure or promotion by comparing your record to a relevant peer group

23 Nov 2016 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Microsoft Academic: Is the Phoenix getting wings?

Compares citation coverage in the new Microsoft Academic with Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science

09 Nov 2016 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publish or Perish increases transparency in academic appointments

Illustrates how PoP has been used to expose nepotism and incompetence

14 Oct 2016 (updated 02 Jun 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

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

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

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

Microsoft Academic (Search): a Phoenix arisen from the ashes?

Assesses Microsoft Academic coverage through a detailed comparison with Google Scholar, the Web of Science, and Scopus

09 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

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

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