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.
| Release | Build | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 4.1.1 | 4878 | Minor corrections & improvements in MAS support; added separate GS and MAS query icons |
| 4.1.0 | 4876 | Added Microsoft Academic Search as a new data source (limited coverage) |
| 4.0.18 | 4859 | Added instrumentation & retry handling for various WinInet temporary error codes |
| 4.0.17 | 4857 | Public release of new CAPTCHA handling & related changes |
| 4.0.16 | 4850 | Further improvements to CAPTCHA support on older XP/Internet Explorer systems |
| 4.0.15 | 4848 | Added support for Google Scholar CAPTCHA requests if query rate gets too high |
| 4.0.14 | 4835 | Added workaround for bug in Scopus' Cites only data, which uses too many comma separators |
| 4.0.13 | 4834 | External Data Properties dialog box now has OK All and Cancel All buttons during external data import |
| 4834 | Added Mark for Lookup and Lookup Pending Queries commands | |
| 4.0.12 | 4832 | Added FAQ answers about request rate limiting and error 8228 |
| 4832 | Import external data command is now enabled on all pages | |
| 4832 | Various internal improvements to request rate limiting | |
| 4.0.11 | 4831 | Minor internal corrections |
| 4.0.10 | 4830 | Implemented adaptive request rate-limiter |
| 4.0.9 | 4827 | Added Last result column to multi-query center list view |
| 4827 | Added more accurate estimate of query duration to progress box | |
| 4827 | Various internal improvements to query handling | |
| 4.0.8 | 4826 | Made short-term request rate-limit a user-settable option |
| 4.0.7 | 4825 | Added various request rate-limiting options and diagnostics |
| 4812 | Publication type is now also captured from Google Scholar results and other data import sources | |
| 4812 | Copy results command now also includes GS rank and query date, same as CSV export format | |
| 4.0.6 | 4810 | Added Clear All button to author impact, journal impact, general query, and query properties panes |
| 4810 | Renamed Rank column to GS Rank in results pane | |
| 4810 | Queries are now always sent to Google Scholar with subject areas=all | |
| 4.0.5 | 4809 | Removed announcements infrastructure |
| 4809 | HTTP requests now ignore Internet Explorer's offline status | |
| 4.0.4 | 4808 | Updated help file (provisionally) for public release |
| 4.0.3 | 4798 | Added multi-file selection to Import external data command |
| 4.0.2 | 4792 | Adapted to new Google Scholar per-page results limit |
| 4.0.1 | 4790 | Added and improved many external data import formats |
| 4780 | Added ISI/Web of Science data export format | |
| 4.0.0 | 4778 | Removed subject area options from user interface (non-functional since May 2012) |
| 4778 | Changed to new user interface style (removed tabs; new navigation panel; new color scheme) | |
| 4778 | Converted to latest runtime libraries |