62 blog postings January 2016 - December 2016

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Six Essential Science Indicators highly-cited papers

Lists six of my papers that are Web of Science highly-cited papers, i.e. top 1% most cited in their fields

21 Dec 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Benchmarking research performance

Reports on my presentation at the EFMD Research Leadership Programme

09 Dec 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The four P's of getting published

Short summary of white paper explaining how performance, practice, participation and persistance are needed to publish academic papers

08 Dec 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The bridging role of expatriates and inpatriates

Illustrates how expatriates and inpatriates differ in terms of their roles in knowledge transfer to and from MNC headquarters

01 Dec 2016 - 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 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to manage multi-lingual teams?

Discusses Helene Tenzer's exciting research about the challenges of multi-lingual teamwork

17 Nov 2016 - Helene Tenzer

The benefits of being understood

Introducing Shea Fan's work on the role of ethnic identity confirmation in the relationship between expatriates and host country employees in China

13 Nov 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Transcending the (non)sense of academic rankings

When Knowledge Wins article features in AMLE virtual collection on Principles for Responsible Management Education

02 Nov 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to write successful funding applications?

Provides ten tips for successful funding applications

02 Nov 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publish or Perish version 5

Introduces Publish or Perish release 5 and gives a historic overview of its development

28 Oct 2016 - David Adams

Trailblazers of diversity: editors and editorial board diversity

Documents my research with Isabel Metz on gender and international diversity in editorial boards

25 Oct 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Please don't respond to the entire mailing list

The impact of sending a personal response to hundreds or even thousands of addressees

21 Oct 2016 - 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 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Nancy Adler: Daring to Care

Nancy Adler's inspirational papers on doing research that matters

04 Oct 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to address your lecturer?

Shows how countries differ in their expected way of address for teachers

29 Sep 2016 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to get listed on the ESI ranking of highly cited authors

Illustrates how tongue-in-cheek papers might be taken seriously by naive (or desparate) academics

08 Sep 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Would you ask a male academic the same question?

Discusses the expectations of service-oriented behaviour by female academics

07 Sep 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Hablas vielleicht un peu la mia language?

Systematically reviews the impact of language differences on the HQ-subsidiary relationship

31 Aug 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Sacrifice a little accuracy for a lot more comprehensive coverage

A prologue for a book on Google Scholar

17 Aug 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Please be polite and considerate

About the importance of appreciating academic volunteers

28 Jul 2016 - 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 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Replication studies: learning from failure and success

Short commentary illustrating the importance of replication through two examples

09 Jul 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Don't write mass emails (2): how (not) to ask for help

Shows some typical student emails asking for help out of the blue

30 Jun 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Dean's disease: the Darker Side of Power

Art Bedeian's hilarious and sobering paper about how power corrupts even Academic Deans

22 Jun 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to find your next research project?

Provides suggestions on how to find new and interesting research projects

16 Jun 2016 - 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 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Why is learning the host country language important for expatriates?

A new online paper on the impact of host country language learning on expatriate local relationships in China

06 Jun 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

EURAM Meet the editors panel

Reports on a meet the editors panel at the 2016 EURAM conference

04 Jun 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

My first European Academy of Management conference

Reports on my presentations at the EURAM 2016 conference on Language in Academia and the Future of Management Education & Research

04 Jun 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Journal of Global Mobility Best EURAM paper

Shea Fan's paper "The Benefits of Being Understood" won the best paper award of the standing track on Expatriation

04 Jun 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Complex author questions: very easy!

Details how to run author searches for multiple authors

01 Jun 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Rocket Science? Networking and External Engagement for Academic Success

Seminar by Axele Giroud at Middlesex presenting the reasons why networking and external engagement constitute complementary skills

20 May 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Don't write mass emails (1): distributing your work

Explains ineffective and effective ways to promote your published work

18 May 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to prevent burn-out? About staying sane in academia

Provides thirteen suggestions on how to prevent burn-out and keep your sanity

12 May 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

What makes an article highly cited?

Shows topic and author have a stronger influence on citations than journal outlet

08 May 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to assess journal impact?

Illustrates how Publish or Perish can be used to assess journal impact

06 May 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Should we distance ourselves from the cultural distance concept?

Argues IB research would do well to reconsider its fascination with distance measures

27 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Thank You: The most underused words in academia?

About the importance of courtesy in email communications

21 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Not a Post About Gender and Academia

Heather Jeffrey interviews me for the Huffington post

20 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

57th edition of the Journal Quality List on-line

New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2016 Erasmus Journal List

18 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Female academics: Wives of the organization?

Describes how gendered interactions in the workplace subvert success for female academics

14 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Babel in Business: The Role of Language in International Business

My inaugural lecture at Middlesex University, Wednesday 13 April 2016

14 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Strange journal invitations popping up in my inbox every day

Discusses the phenomenon of predatory open access journals

07 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Are referencing errors undermining our scholarship and credibility?

Discusses how myths are created through careless referencing

01 Apr 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Looking for John Smith? About author disambiguation

Details how users of Publish or Perish can disambiguate authors

24 Mar 2016 - 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 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Welcome to my blog!

Introduction to Anne-Wil's blog

18 Mar 2016 - Anne-Wil Harzing