Command reference

Publish or Perish commands can be reached through the main window (click on the appropriate button) or through the main menu (hit F10, or Alt+first letter, or click with the mouse).

File menu

Command Description Shortcut
Save As BibTeX... Saves the currently checked citations in BibTeX format, encoded as Unicode UTF-8.  
Save As CSV... Saves the currently checked citations in comma-separated format, encoded as Unicode UTF-8. Ctrl+S
Save As EndNote... Saves the currently checked citations in EndNote Import format, encoded as Unicode UTF-8. Ctrl+Shift+S
Save As RIS... Saves the currently checked citations in Reference Manager (RIS) format, encoded as Unicode UTF-8.  
Preferences Opens the General preferences and Queries preferences property sheets that allow you to edit some general program settings.  
Exit Exits the program. Alt+F4

Edit menu

Command Description Shortcut
Copy Statistics Copy the current statistics (only) to the Windows clipboard, from where they can be pasted into another application.  
Copy Results Copy the current citation analysis data to the Windows clipboard, from where they can be pasted into another application. This command combines the statistics (as per Copy Statistics) with the actual citations (as per Save As CSV). Ctrl+Shift+C
Cut Copies the currently selected text to the Windows clipboard, then deletes the text from the text field. Ctrl+X
Copy Copies the currently selected text to the Windows clipboard. Ctrl+C
Paste Paste any text on the Windows clipboard into the text field. Ctrl+V
Delete Delete the currently selected text from the text field. Del
Check/Select All Checks all citations in the Results list and recalculates the citation statistics. Ctrl+A
Check Selection Checks all citations that are currently selected (i.e., highlighted) and recalculates the citation statistics. Num +
Uncheck All Unchecks all citations in the Results list and recalculates the citation statistics. Ctrl+U
Uncheck 0 Cites Unchecks all citations in the Results list with 0 citations and recalculates the citation statistics. This is useful to exclude spurious references that Google Scholar sometimes returns. Ctrl+0
Uncheck Selection Unchecks all citations that are currently selected (i.e., highlighted) and recalculates the citation statistics. Num -
Properties Opens the properties dialog box for the currently selected item. This current applies only to the Query folder and Query items on the Multi-query pane, and has the same effect as clicking the Edit... button in that pane.  

View menu

Command Description Shortcut
Next Page Displays the next query page (in the sequence author impact, journal impact, general search, multi-query). Ctrl+PageDown
Previous Page Displays the previous query page (in the opposite order as above). Ctrl+PageUp
Author Impact Analysis Displays the Author impact analysis page  
Journal Impact Analysis Displays the Journal impact analysis page  
General Citation Search Displays the General citation search page  
Multi-Query Center Displays the Multi-query center page  

Help menu

Command Description Shortcut
Contents Opens this help file on the About Publish or Perish page. F1
Send Feedback... Opens your email client and starts an email message to pop@harzing.com in which you can provide feedback about the program.  
Check for Updates Contacts the Publish or Perish web site to see if any software updates are available. If so, you will be asked if you want to download and install these updates.  
About Publish or Perish Opens the About Publish or Perish dialog box that displays the program's version and some other information.