What's new?
Below is an overview of the new features and improvements that have been made to Publish or Perish. Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with the new features. You can download the latest software release from the Publish or Perish download page.
| Release | Build | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 4.29.1 | 6134 | Fixed query copy & paste bug that surfaced after a compensating bug was removed |
| 4.29.0 | 6133 | Added more diagnostic info to About box and error reports |
| 4.28.1 | 6105 | Reverted Google Scholar queries to HTTP; too many broken systems are still in circulation |
| 4.28.0 | 6103 | Switched all Google Scholar queries to HTTPS |
| 4.27.0 | 6074 | Added Donate to Publish or Perish option |
| 4.26.2 | 5994 | Small correction in MAS v2 query syntax formatting |
| 4.26.1 | 5982 | Minor tweak to queries loading on startup |
| 4.26.0 | 5979 | Added experimental support for Microsoft Academic Search v2 (subscription required) |
| 4.25.1 | 5861 | Small tweaks to the new help links and tips |
| 4.25.0 | 5859 | Added help links and links to Publish or Perish tips in various places |
| 4.24.0 | 5833 | Added Uncheck CITATION results command to result panel |
| 5833 | Added Journal ISSN to query fields | |
| 4.23.1 | 5829 | Improved automatic retries after Google CAPTCHA |
| 4.23.0 | 5824 | Further improvements to Exclude these authors matching in Author impact queries |
| 4.22.0 | 5819 | Reorganized the vital statistics on the Results pane once more |
| 5819 | Improved Exclude these authors matching in Author impact queries | |
| 4.21.1 | 5804 | Minor internal updates |
| 4.21.0 | 5788 | Added Publish or Perish online survey |
| 4.20.0 | 5774 | Various internal improvements and slight rearrangement of main menu bar |
| 5774 | Added Lookup Citations command, to drill down into citing references | |
| 4.19.0 | 5725 | Made Web of Science import publication type more accurate, where possible |
| 4.18.1 | 5715 | Made IE CAPTCHA window resizable |
| 4.18.0 | 5713 | Added IE compatibility setting for Publish or Perish |
| 4.17.0 | 5648 | Added support for latest Google CAPTCHA format |
| 4.16.0 | 5644 | Made the User-Agent string configurable |
| 4.15.2 | 5640 | Tweaked results parsing to reduce likelihood of incorrect publication years |
| 4.15.1 | 5630 | Ensured that PoP error report is available after each error |
| 4.15.0 | 5575 | Updated to accommodate changes in Scopus CSV format |
| 4.14.1 | 5539 | Enhanced file protection and automatic recovery yet further to reduce chances of data loss even during sudden plugs-out test |
| 4.14.0 | 5538 | Added transacted file saving for protection during power fails and virtual machine problems |
| 4.12.0 | 5516 | Time-dependent metrics are now calculated relative to their query date instead of current date |
| 5516 | Added new error code 5 in response to HTTP status code 403 | |
| 4.11.0 | 5493 | Added fix for incomplete CAPTCHA URL sometimes returned by Google |
| 4.10.1 | 5395 | Public release, with some updates to CSV format and statistics storage |
| 4.10.0 | 5393 | Added h-set coverage and g-set coverage percentages |
| 4.9.0 | 5392 | Made query progress indicator more accurate and update results list while query in progress |
| 4.8.2 | 5380 | Further work on updated CAPTCHA support |
| 4.8.1 | 5379 | Further work on updated CAPTCHA support |
| 4.8.0 | 5376 | Updated CAPTCHA support after changes in Google's CAPTCHA handling |
| 4.7.0 | 5349 | CAPTCHA support is now enabled by default |
| 4.6.4 | 5271 | Updated technical support email address |
| 4.6.3 | 5156 | Fixed spurious Cancel messages during query tree loading and saving |
| 4.6.2 | 5153 | Added progress indicator and Cancel button to progress box during archive exports and imports |
| 4.6.1 | 5149 | Further improvements to year of publication extraction from various parts of the results |
| 4.6.0 | 5148 | Implemented archiving of all or selected queries |
| 4.5.0 | 5120 | Changed years active calculation to (end - start) instead of (end - start) + 1, to allow a 1 year grace period |
| 5120 | Fixed minor issue with multiple selection in multi-query view | |
| 4.4.9 | 5113 | Improved extraction of stray publication years from titles |
| 4.4.8 | 5075 | Added workaround for new bug in Wine's InternetReadFile(), where Wine 1.7.4+ erroneously returns error 18 (ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES) |
| 5075 | Switched to 22.6 runtime libraries | |
| 4.4.7 | 5058 | Improved error propagation following a 503 HTTP status code |
| 4.4.6 | 5000 | Changed internal parsing to accept only "double quoted" delimiters in author names, not 'single' or `back` quoted |
| 4.4.5 | 4976 | Minor list view drawing improvements |
| 4.4.4 | 4975 | Added periodic garbage collection option to preferences |
| 4975 | Added new error code 573 to indicate queries with missing results data file after garbage collection | |
| 4974 | Fixed change of selection issue in multi-query center list control | |
| 4974 | Redesigned garbage collection algorithm for deleted queries; added explicit garbage collection command to perform deep clean up | |
| 4.4.3 | 4974 | Removed redundant results loading during multi-query selections |
| 4.4.2 | 4973 | Optimized background saving of query tree by minimizing disk I/O |
| 4.4.1 | 4973 | Added more Debug diagnostics to track background saving |
| 4.4.0 | 4972 | Added background saves of query tree to preserve query changes if PoP process terminates unexpectedly |
| 4.3.2 | 4960 | Added user-settable per-paper author limit for metrics calculations |
| 4.3.1 | 4958 | Minor corrections to author bin counting and related external data import parsing |
| 4.3.0 | 4958 | Minor user interface improvements in multi-query center |
| 4958 | Added new metrics: hI,annual and cites per author per year | |
| 4958 | Increased maximum number of parsed authors to 50 | |
| 4958 | Increased maximum MAS results from 1000 to 10000 | |
| 4.2.1 | 4953 | Added UserAgent configuration option to resolve proxy issues |
| 4.2.0 | 4948 | Updated Google Scholar parser after minor changes in format |
| 4.1.4 | 4944 | Source column in multi-query center is now sorted alphabetically instead of on internal ID |
| 4.1.3 | 4941 | Added support for Google Scholar/Citations CSV import format |
| 4.1.2 | 4907 | Added per-request progress bar to show progress during lengthy MAS downloads |
| 4903 | Updated Google CAPTCHA support | |
| 4.1.1 | 4878 | Minor corrections & improvements in MAS support; added separate GS and MAS query icons |
| 4.1.0 | 4876 | Added Microsoft Academic Search as a new data source (limited coverage) |
| 4.0.18 | 4859 | Added instrumentation & retry handling for various WinInet temporary error codes |
| 4.0.17 | 4857 | Public release of new CAPTCHA handling & related changes |
| 4.0.16 | 4850 | Further improvements to CAPTCHA support on older XP/Internet Explorer systems |
| 4.0.15 | 4848 | Added support for Google Scholar CAPTCHA requests if query rate gets too high |
| 4.0.14 | 4835 | Added workaround for bug in Scopus' Cites only data, which uses too many comma separators |
| 4.0.13 | 4834 | External Data Properties dialog box now has OK All and Cancel All buttons during external data import |
| 4834 | Added Mark for Lookup and Lookup Pending Queries commands | |
| 4.0.12 | 4832 | Added FAQ answers about request rate limiting and error 8228 |
| 4832 | Import external data command is now enabled on all pages | |
| 4832 | Various internal improvements to request rate limiting | |
| 4.0.11 | 4831 | Minor internal corrections |
| 4.0.10 | 4830 | Implemented adaptive request rate-limiter |
| 4.0.9 | 4827 | Added Last result column to multi-query center list view |
| 4827 | Added more accurate estimate of query duration to progress box | |
| 4827 | Various internal improvements to query handling | |
| 4.0.8 | 4826 | Made short-term request rate-limit a user-settable option |
| 4.0.7 | 4825 | Added various request rate-limiting options and diagnostics |
| 4812 | Publication type is now also captured from Google Scholar results and other data import sources | |
| 4812 | Copy results command now also includes GS rank and query date, same as CSV export format | |
| 4.0.6 | 4810 | Added Clear All button to author impact, journal impact, general query, and query properties panes |
| 4810 | Renamed Rank column to GS Rank in results pane | |
| 4810 | Queries are now always sent to Google Scholar with subject areas=all | |
| 4.0.5 | 4809 | Removed announcements infrastructure |
| 4809 | HTTP requests now ignore Internet Explorer's offline status | |
| 4.0.4 | 4808 | Updated help file (provisionally) for public release |
| 4.0.3 | 4798 | Added multi-file selection to Import external data command |
| 4.0.2 | 4792 | Adapted to new Google Scholar per-page results limit |
| 4.0.1 | 4790 | Added and improved many external data import formats |
| 4780 | Added ISI/Web of Science data export format | |
| 4.0.0 | 4778 | Removed subject area options from user interface (non-functional since May 2012) |
| 4778 | Changed to new user interface style (removed tabs; new navigation panel; new color scheme) | |
| 4778 | Converted to latest runtime libraries |