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.

Publish or Perish 3.6

Build	Changes
4520	Adapted to minor changes in Google Scholar output format (again)
4491	Adapted to minor changes in Google Scholar output format
4422	Publish or Perish now keeps track of the HTTP request rate to Google Scholar for non-cached queries
4420	Publish or Perish now starts a new session on the last used tab page
4417	Unchecked items now always sort after checked items in the Results pane
4417	Implemented Recent queries -> Older queries -> Trash query aging in the multi-query center.
4416	Added query aging options for Recent queries -> Older queries -> Trash progression

Publish or Perish 3.5

Build	Changes
4410	Further runtime and parser development
4395	Adapted to changes in Google Scholar output format
4382	Switched to 2012 runtime libraries

Publish or Perish 3.4

Build	Changes
4381	Fixed a problem with first-time backups
4351	Added min and max number of copies to keep in on-disk safety trash can
4350	Improved sorting in results panel by ignoring irrelevant leading text fragments such as ...
4349	Improved sorting consistency in multi-query list view
4349	Multi-query tree is now automatically sorted by name
4349	Added on-disk backup copies for protection against catastrophic software or hardware failures
4348	Further improvements to Excel/spreadsheet-oriented export and copy formats
4347	Fixed comma-separated/tab-separated Copy command handling in results panel
4347	Added Trash folder to multi-query center

Publish or Perish 3.3

Build	Changes
4338	Various other minor UI and command updates
4334	Minor UI updates, including 24-bit toolbar icons and a Rename command for query folders
4328	Added safeguards for minimum splitter sizes in multi-query center
4291	Removed some confusing and/or misunderstood commands
4279	Reorganized the help file: added per-page navigation links, bread crumbs, previous/next, etc.
4279	Partial code rewrite and cleanup

Publish or Perish 3.2

Build	Changes
4202	Query date in exported results is now formatted as per ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) instead of local conventions
4202	Exported results are now written in the same order as received from Google Scholar
4150	Updated for new runtime libraries

Publish or Perish 3.1

Build	Changes
4097	Minor update to accommodate Google Scholar formatting change
4084	Authors lists with trailing ellipsis and no intervening comma now get an extra author counted for the ellipsis
4004	Added query date to all export and clipboard formats
3974	Increased user agent version number
3961	Implemented deep copy instead of shallow copy of query results during Copy & Paste
3960	Improved HTTP error detection
3926	Web Browser page now shows startup information
3897	Added Web Browser page
3885	Introduced tab-based user interface

Publish or Perish 3.0

Build	Changes
3883	Double-clicking in the results list now opens article if citing articles are unavailable
3869	Rearranged parts of the main menu bar; minor internal and usability improvements
3829	Fixed an occasional problem with rendering of CJK text strings
3813	Changed internal results reference counting scheme because some data was freed prematurely
3812	Added Report Error command to improve error diagnosis
3807	License agreement is now visible in installer under Wine
3804	First public release of Publish or Perish 3
3792	New icons for multi-query center
3791	Separate PoP3 results subfolder (imported from PoP2 results)
3790	Added rotating announcement and sponsor panes and links
3780	Redesigned the multi-query center with separate tree and list views
3780	Added several new Copy and Save As export formats
3780	Added results merging