The Publish or Perish Book: Your guide to effective and responsible citation analysis (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The Publish or Perish book is a companion to the Publish or Perish software program, which retrieves and analyzes academic citations. It illustrates its many and variable uses and shows you how to get the best out of the program.Citations are not only a reflection of the impact that a particular piece of academic work has generated. Citations can also be used to tell stories about academics, journals and fields of research. This book is meant to help you create effective stories, but also to teach you how to be a responsible user of research metrics.After an introductory chapter about the history of citation analysis, data sources and citation metrics, Part 1 of the book shows you how to get the best out of the Publish or Perish software program through a detailed, step-by-step discussion of author searches, journal searches, and general searches, as well as the multi-query center. After reading the book you will be able to conduct more effective and accurate searches, and manage them in an organized way.Part 2 of the book provides a detailed discussion of the most common day-to-day uses of the software, such as preparing for tenure and promotion, evaluating other academics, deciding on journal submission, and doing a literature review. After reading the book, you will be able to use the program more effectively and accurately for a wide variety of purposes.Part 3 of the book discusses how to use Publish or Perish when doing bibliometric research. It provides tips and tricks in doing bibliometric research on authors and journals and presents a detailed evaluation of the two main data sources for citation analysis: Google Scholar and Thomson ISI’s Web of Science.The Publish or Perish Book is intended for all academic and non-academic readers who want to make better use of the Publish or Perish software and the Google Scholar database in general:* Anyone interested in making better use of the Publish or Perish software (chapters 2-6)* Academics applying for a job, promotion, or tenure (chapters 7-8, 16)* Deans and other academic administrators (chapters 8-9, 16)* Academics doing literature research or writing papers or books (chapters 10-11)* Bibliometric researchers and librarians (chapters 12-14)* Editors and publishers of academic journals (chapters 12, 15)* Anyone interested in the strengths and weaknesses of Google Scholar and the ISI Web of Knowledge (chapters 13-15)About the AuthorAnne-Wil Harzing is Associate Dean Research and Professor in International Management at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Since 1999 Anne-Wil maintains an extensive website (www.harzing.com). This website presents resources to assist with academic publishing and the assessment of research and journal quality, as well as software to conduct citation analysis.