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Bibliometrics in press or the representation of indicators in the Italian news Bibliometrics in press or the representation of indicators in the Italian news

Bibliometrics in press or the representation of indicators in the Italian news

Eugenio Petrovich • April 13, 2022

Do research priorities for mental health actually reflect the goal of fostering well-being?

Do research priorities for mental health actually reflect the goal of fostering well-being?

Do mental health research priorities reflect societal needs? This post explores the landscape of mental health research and introduces an interactive visualization that allows to explore research portfolios of specific countries, funders and organisations.

Wouter van de Klippe, Alfredo Yegros, Tim Willemse and Ismael Ràfols • March 30, 2022

Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information

Seven Guiding Principles for Open Research Information

What should research organisations consider when creating and acquiring services to manage research information?

Magchiel Bijsterbosch, Alastair Dunning, Darco Jansen, Max Haring, Sarah de Rijcke and Maurice Vanderfeesten • March 16, 2022

Responsible metrics for societal  value of scientific research

Responsible metrics for societal value of scientific research

What does responsible research evaluation look like when it comes to societal value? This blog post provides four practical recommendations.

Laurens Hessels, Leonie van Drooge, Tjitske Holtrop and Rodrigo Costas • March 10, 2022

Building knowledge infrastructure to support research assessment reforms: Dispatches from the Dutch Recognition and Rewards Festival 2022

Building knowledge infrastructure to support research assessment reforms: Dispatches from the Dutch Recognition and Rewards Festival 2022

In this blog post we reflect on knowledge infrastructures currently emerging to support organizations that are pursuing research assessment reforms, and call on sociologists of science and research evaluation researchers to study and contribute to these unfolding developments.

Alex Rushforth, Marta Sienkiewicz and Sarah de Rijcke • February 23, 2022

A first step in quantifying disagreement across science

A first step in quantifying disagreement across science

Disagreement is ubiquitous in science and maybe even necessary for progress. We leverage recent advances in data to develop a method for quantifying disagreement, revealing the complexity of disagreement across science.

Wout Lamers, Kevin Boyack, Vincent Larivière, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman and Dakota Murray • January 19, 2022

Priority-2030: the New Excellence Initiative from Russia

Priority-2030: the New Excellence Initiative from Russia

Dmitry Kochetkov is PhD candidate at CWTS. In this post, he gives an update on Priority-2030, a new excellence initiative in the Russian higher education sector. He also makes some reflections on the role of this experience in the global context of higher education reform.

Dmitry Kochetkov • January 17, 2022

Expanding the visualization toolbox: Lessons from a Tableau training

Expanding the visualization toolbox: Lessons from a Tableau training

Visualizing results is a crucial part of our work at CWTS and essential for interacting with our audience. Consolidating and enriching our knowledge of the Tableau software in a two-day advanced course was one step in that direction. Here, we share some of the experiences and lessons learned.

Jonathan Dudek and Carole de Bordes • January 12, 2022

To Count or not to Count: How to Deal with Funding Acknowledgements

To Count or not to Count: How to Deal with Funding Acknowledgements

In this blog post we examine academic funding acknowledgements (FAs), and compare our FA database with that of Dimensions. Using a case study, we explore how FAs work, who they are for, and how we can improve FA practices.

Tobias Nosten, Clara Calero-Medina and Jeroen van Honk • December 15, 2021

Make maps of research interactive, detailed and open!

Make maps of research interactive, detailed and open!

Network maps are essential tools in quantitative research studies. In this blog post I argue for interactive maps that show both overview as well as details, are openly accessible, and based on open data. Such maps add value by providing more information, enhanced transparency and interpretability.

Peter Sjögårde • December 06, 2021

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    Wout Lamers

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