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What Is Publish or Perish and How Do You Use It for Citation Analysis?

Publish or Perish is a citation-analysis software program hosted on Harzing.com, created by Anne-Wil Harzing. It retrieves and an…

What Is Gender in Academia and How Does It Affect Academic Careers?

Gender in academia refers to the ways gender shapes who enters academic careers, whose work gets published and cited, and who rea…

What Is Research Evaluation and How Do You Assess Research Impact?

Research evaluation is the process of judging the quality, influence, and output of scholarly work — and in practice it usually m…

What Is the Resumé on Harzing.com and What Academic Career Resources Does the Site Offer?

The "resumé" on Harzing.com is Anne-Wil Harzing's own academic resumé — a personal career record hosted on her site, not a blank …

What Academic Publishing Involves and How to Get Started

Academic publishing is the process of submitting your research to a journal (or book publisher), having it reviewed by peers, and…