The results pane is part of the Author impact analysis, Journal impact analysis, General citation search, and Multi-query center pages. Although each page has its own copy of the results pane, they operate identically.
See Accuracy of the results for important notes and limitations on the resulting output. Please also note that Google Scholar limits its results to 1000. The results are ranked by number of citations, so the 1000 shown are the most-cited results.
This pane contains the following fields and options.
The upper text field displays the citation metrics for the currently selected query. You can copy the information from this field by right-clicking in the field, then choosing Select All, and right-clicking again to choose Copy. Alternatively, left-click in the field to give it the keyboard focus, then use Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C to select and copy.
The lower list displays all results for the currently selected query. By default, the list is sorted by descending number of citations, but you can sort it on any of the columns by clicking on the corresponding column header. Clicking for a second time on the same column header reverses the sort order.
You can exclude individual results by clearing their check box; alternatively, use the Check all, Check selection, Uncheck all, Uncheck 0 cites, and Uncheck selection buttons to check or uncheck groups of results. When you select or unselect results, the citation metrics in the upper field are immediately updated to reflect the remaining results.
If you double-click on an item in the list, Publish or Perish opens your web browser and displays the citing works for the selected item, if any. If an item does not have any citations, a general Google search results page is displayed for the item.
The list contains the following columns (see Accuracy of the results for ways of spotting potential problems in this list):
| Tag | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cites | Number of citations | |
| Per year | Citations per year | Calculated as the total number of citations divided by the age of the article (i.e., the number of years since publication). If the year of publication is not available, this column shows 0.00. |
| Rank | Google Scholar ranking | This is the order in which Google Scholar returned the results (1=first, 2=second, etc.). Typically, earlier ranked entries indicate more relevant query results. An irregular rank order when the list is sorted by Cites might indicate that the list contains irrelevant results. The rank is only available from Publish or Perish version 2.2 onwards. Results obtained with earlier versions show "n/a" in this column. In that case, simply re-execute the query by clicking on Lookup. |
| Authors | Author names | |
| Title | Title | |
| Year | Year of publication | This field might be wrong or missing if the Google Scholar results do not contain a recognizable year. |
| Publication | Journal name or similar | Not always available; sometimes wrong if the Google Scholar results are mixed up. |
| Publisher | Publisher | Not always available; sometimes wrong if the Google Scholar results are mixed up. |
Click this button to copy the citation metrics to the Windows clipboard, formatted as a single line and prefixed with the query parameters. The line is in CSV format (comma-separated value).
Tip: To collect statistics of multiple queries and transfer them to a spreadsheet or database application, the recommended procedure is as follows:
Tip: As an alternative, you can also export the data in a variety of formats.
Click this button to copy all currently selected results plus the corresponding metrics to the Windows clipboard. You can then paste them into another application. The keyboard shortcut for this command is Ctrl+Shift+C.
Click this button to check all items in the results list. Alternatively, press Ctrl+A.
Click this button to check all selected (i.e., highlighted) items in the results list.
Click this button to uncheck all items in the results list. Alternatively, press Ctrl+U.
Click this button to uncheck all results that have 0 citations. Alternatively, press Ctrl+0 (that's zero, not Oh).
Click this button to uncheck all selected (i.e., highlighted) items in the results list.