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