Academic publishing resources
Presents resources related to research impact, journal quality, journal rankings and citation analysis
- What can we learn from academic impact: a short introduction
- Do Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science speak your language?
- From h-index to hIa: The ins and outs of research metrics
- Practice with PoP: How to use Publish or Perish effectively
Presentations on research quality and impact
Slides of a range of older, but still relevant, presentations.
- From publication to impact (slides) - 30 minute presentation (courtesy of Middlesex University, September 2014)
- Predatory Open Access Journals: Academics Beware! - a presentation on the problematic nature of predatory open access journals; given at the October 2012 BARDSnet meeting.
- Publish or Perish? - a presentation on publishing in good journals and getting cited; given at Manchester Business School, April 2008.
- The value of Google Scholar for extended impact monitoring - a presentation given at the ERIM workshop on research impact, March 2008.
- How to build networks and publish in Management? - a presentation given at the ANZAM doctoral colloquium in June 2006.
- Research quality, journal rankings and the RQF - slides of a presentation given at the 2005 ANZIBA executive meeting, discussing Australian research quality and impact in a comparative perspective.
- Research quality - a comparative perspective - slides of a presentation given at ESC Toulouse October 2006, discussing Australian and French research quality and impact in a comparative perspective.
Recommended books and articles
Below are some publications that I have found helpful in preparing papers for publication.
- Abby Day (1996): How to get research published in journals, Gower Publishing Limited, Aldershot, ISBN 0-566-07767-1 (pbk), 0-566-07886-4 (hb).
- Anne Sigismund Huff (1999): Writing for scholarly publications, Sage Publications, Inc., ThousandOaks, ISBN 0-7619-1804-3 (cloth), 0-7619-1805-1 (pbk).
- Robert I. Sutton, Barry M. Staw (1995): What Theory is Not, Administrative Science Quarterly, vol. 40, pp. 371-384.
- David A. Whetten (1989): What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution?, Academy of Management Review, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 490-495.
- Allen S. Lee (1995) Reviewing a Manuscript for Publication, Journal of Operations Management, vol. 13, no. 4, pp.87-92. Available online...
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Anne-Wil Harzing is Emerita Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London. She is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, a select group of distinguished AIB members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business. In addition to her academic duties, she also maintains the Journal Quality List and is the driving force behind the popular Publish or Perish software program.
