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
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
Responsible Research Culture: Practicing what we preach at CWTS CWTS prepares for a new phase in its organization. In our new strategy, we aim to put our values first. A value-based strategy is the cornerstone of a well-functioning, positive research culture. Through open dialogue sessions we started to further shape this culture. Sarah de Rijcke • July 20, 2021
Halt the h-index Using the h-index in research evaluation? Rather not. But why not, actually? Why is using this indicator so problematic? And what are the alternatives anyway? Our authors walk you through an infographic that addresses these questions and aims to highlight some key issues in this discussion. Sarah de Rijcke, Ludo Waltman and Thed van Leeuwen • May 19, 2021 • 31 comments
Elsevier and the Dutch Open Science goals The VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have announced a national deal that bundles Open Access and data services. Is the deal consistent with Dutch Open Science goals, and will undesirable platform effects be avoided? Sarah de Rijcke • May 20, 2020 • 1 comment