Ismael Rafols is Senior Researcher at CWTS, Leiden University and UNESCO Chair at Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science

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Consensus and dissensus in ‘mappings’ of science for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

A variety of ‘mappings’ of research on SDGs are being developed. A recent study shows that there are stark disagreements across some of these bibliometric ‘mappings’, raising concerns about their robustness. I argue here that this is due to different interpretations of the science relevant to SDGs.

Ismael Rafols • August 10, 2020

From ‘fund and forget’ to formative and participatory research evaluation

A trend in research evaluation is to include stakeholders as active partners in the evaluation process. In June, CWTS organized an online workshop to explore novel evaluation approaches and to identify possibilities and limitations for co-production in research evaluation.

Rinze Benedictus, Laurens Hessels, Ismael Rafols and Ingeborg Meijer • July 03, 2020

COVID-19: What do funders consider relevant research?

As emergency calls for research funding are made to tackle the COVID-19, some difficult questions come to mind: What types of knowledge are relevant? What types of research should be prioritised?

André Brasil, Soohong Eum, Wouter van de Klippe and Ismael Rafols • April 30, 2020

New interactive website to visualize Big Pharma’s publication landscape

This blog post presents and describes a newly created interactive website on the publication activity of some of the most important pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

Alfredo Yegros and Ismael Rafols • November 19, 2019

Why are global health needs unmet by research efforts?

Not all diseases receive equal research attention across the globe. This phenomenon, often referred to as the 10/90 gap in health research, has a long history, rife with contention and debate on its accuracy. New research seeks to uncover various factors perpetuating these inequalities.

Ismael Rafols, Alfredo Yegros, María Francisca Abad-García and Wouter van de Klippe • October 24, 2019