How can the analysis of ISBNs in the Global Register of Publishers aid research in bibliometrics and policy evaluation? Eleonora Dagiene explains in our latest blog post 👇 leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/globa…

🎶 Science policy - a game of musical chair? In a paper in Quantitative Science Studies, Julián D. Cortés & Catalina Ramírez studied how science policy changes with new governments. Here, they talk about their method & findings and show: sometimes it's more salsa than hip-hop! leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/mappi…

As science system actors, we see how governments, more so in dev. countries, change their vision each term. How to keep pace with such a tune? 🪇 A few insights in our new post in Leiden Madtrics on our most recent paper in 📕 Quantitative Science Studies doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_…

🆕The Evaluation & Culture focal area at CWTS focuses on the changing faces of research quality, scholarly communication, and research assessment. Want to know more about its agenda for the coming five years? Here is our new blog post 👇leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/trans… CWTS | Leiden University

🔓 Curious about #OpenScience practices at CWTS | Leiden University? 📷 Let's take a look at how some of our scholars embrace OS in their daily work in our newest blog by Ana Parrón Cabañero 👇 leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/walki… #OpenAccess #OpenData #ResearchCulture #CitizenScience

We welcome this blog post that highlights the importance of diversity and interconnectedness of data sources for open research information leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/not-o… From Dominique Babini, laurarovelli, Arianna Becerril-García Lautaro Julián Matas, @rodrigocostas & Ismael Ràfols #OpenScience

Back in 2022, the Scholars on Twitter dataset was launched. In this new blog post, Philippe Mongeon, Timothy D Bowman (he/him), Rodrigo Costas and Wenceslao Arroyo Machado update us on how they dealt with various challenges coming from the data providers in the meantime leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/an-up…

🆕 "Publish or Perish" - an intriguing phrase with an interesting origin and evolution. Delve into the history and current uses of this phrase in our newest CWTS | Leiden University blog post by Vladimir Moskovkin👇 leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/origi…

In our newest blog post, Alysson Mazoni and Rodrigo Costas discuss the importance of not only opening up information, but also democratising the access and use of it. They walk us through the steps they took in the @InSySPo project to facilitate this leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/towar…

With Alysson Mazoni we present our experience at unicampoficial to make open #scientometric data more accessible and usable. We hope this experience can inspire others and contribute to democratize the use of open research information! Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information shorturl.at/tCO93

The bibliometric literature is growing, but guidance on reporting bibliometric analyses is scarce. The GLOBAL initiative aims to develop such a guideline and invites contributions to a Delphi study. Find our more in today's post! Jeremy Y. Ng @stefhaustein leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/the-g…

🚂 Less than a week from now, the #STI2024 conference starts in Berlin! Suitcases are packed, tickets booked, slides (almost) ready! In this new blog post, we highlight all the posters, presentations, and special sessions featuring CWTS colleagues 👇 leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/cwts-…

Last week, in the new Dutch National Budget, it was announced that funds for Open Science NL will be cut by half. In a new blog post, Ludo Waltman discusses why this matters. The text is available in Dutch and English👉 leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/bezui…

📊 In January, CWTS | Leiden University published the first Open Edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking. Today, the Leiden Ranking Open Edition 2024 has been launched. This blog post discusses the latest developments around the new release 👇 leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/launc…

📦 Today, two university rankings were released: one by CWTS | Leiden University and one by Times Higher Education. Ludo Waltman and Need Jan van Eck, responsible for the CWTS Leiden Ranking, use this occasion to discuss the importance of transparency of rankings 👉 leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/openi…

🎃Halloween, 5 years ago, we published our very first blog post! 👥The goal was to establish an active & engaging platform for CWTS | Leiden University & our community to express ourselves & share ideas, inspire & learn. 👀Read more to learn what has happened since👉leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/do-me…

🔓The development of #OpenScience raises difficult questions about its implications for #equity & #inclusion. 📷Louise Bezuidenhout Paola Castaño Sabina Leonelli Ana Parrón Cabañero & Ismael Ràfols report on the insights gained during the #EASST4S2024 conference.👇leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/inter…

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