Publish or Perish

Publish or Perish helps researchers retrieve and summarize citation data to examine publication impact, identify influential works, or explore a field’s scholarly output. It can be especially handy for quick bibliometric checks and researcher or topic comparisons.

Citation counts vary across data sources and can be affected by duplicate records, incomplete metadata, and differences between disciplines. A single metric should not be treated as a complete measure of research quality or an individual scholar’s contribution.

Use it for exploratory analysis and document the data source and date of retrieval. Check important records manually, and interpret citation indicators alongside the substance and context of the research.