18 pages tagged "failure"
My academic career: a story in four seasons, eight failures, and four morals
Tells the story of the eight most significant failures in my academic career and outlines how every single one of them had unexpected upsides
19 May 2026 (updated 24 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
On failures in academia: My PhD journey
Tells the story of my PhD dissertation nearly 30 years after it was all but failed
19 May 2026 (updated 24 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
The burning question: are rejections the norm in academia?
Brief blogpost reviewing my recent experiences in submitting papers to journals; only one in eight submissions turned out to be "easy", the others all had many obstacles to overcome
21 Oct 2026 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Failures in academia (2) - the Summer season: Early career
Tells the story of the two most significant career failures in the second stage of my academic career, as well as their unexpected upsides
14 Oct 2026 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Your first publication - A roller-coaster ride with lots of ups and downs
Takes you - step by step - through the emotional journey of getting your first publication published, and explains why rejections are often the norm not the exception
23 Sep 2026 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Failures in academia (1) - the Spring season: Education
Tells the story of the two most significant career failures in the first stage of my academic career, as well as their unexpected upsides
16 Sep 2026 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
My PhD - a story that almost didn't end well
Short introduction to my latest white paper: On failures in academia - my PhD story
24 Jun 2026 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Why sometimes a failure can be a blessing in disguise
Short introduction to my latest white paper: My academic career: a story in four seasons, eight failures, and four morals
10 Jun 2026 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Harzing.com blog celebrates its 10-year anniversary
Celebrating my blog's tenth anniversary with a recap of the most important and most read posts, as well as the most frequent referrers to my website more generally
11 Mar 2026 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Oh no... not again: how to avoid a desk-reject in 7 steps
Collates links to all eight blogposts in the how to avoid a desk-reject series
25 Feb 2026 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Rejection, withdrawal, and acceptance: A story about message-journal fit
A look behind the curtain: what happens in the academic publishing process
20 May 2024 (updated 24 Oct 2026) - Heejin Kim
Writing promotion applications (6): What if you are rejected?
Last of six posts on writing effective promotion applications
12 Feb 2024 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
CYGNA: Our 4th Christmas meeting - failure & fun
Reports on our 56th CYGNA meeting - two hours filled with stories about rejections in journal publishing, secret santa, and new year resolutions
08 Jan 2024 (updated 24 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Publishing with a student: Expatriate Failure revisited
Write with anyone who has great ideas and is motivated by academic exchange, whether they are students, juniors, peers, or seniors
21 Nov 2022 (updated 24 Oct 2026) - 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 24 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
CV of failures
Explains why rejection and failure are a normal part of an academic career and not something to hide or be embarrassed about
15 Jun 2019 (updated 24 Oct 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 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Why does my paper get a desk-reject time and again?
About the importance of joining the journal’s “conversation”
18 Mar 2016 (updated 25 Oct 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing
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