Sorbonne declaration on research data rights

Earlier this year, representatives of nine university networks met at the Sorbonne to issue a declaration for the promotion of Open Data. But what, exactly, is Open Data, and how does it relate to the larger Open Science discussion?

Gender inequalities in science: Evidence and ideas from bibliometrics

Leiden University hosted the Gender Inequalities in Science workshop in October 2019 - organized by CWTS and Elsevier’s International Center for the Study of Research - where researchers from around the world discussed the gender gap in science and possible ways to counter this problem.

The quackathon: quantitative and qualitative hacking

Last September we organised the first research retreat at CWTS. Away from our normal workplace and usual thinking patterns we spent two days full of pitches, workshops, presentations, and fun of course. One special element of the research retreat was the so-called "quackathon".

Juan reads a paper part 2: The experience

Quantitative and qualitative scientists write, work and think differently. This division creates an intellectual rift between scientists, but we still need each other! I am a quantitative scientist, will I be able to read a qualitative paper?

Juan reads a paper part 1: The blame

University rankings are frequently misused by the public, but is it their fault or the fault of the ranking creators? Join me as I discover a paper that could answer this question.

Happy holidays!

Local Citation Network and Citation Gecko: making literature discovery fun

Literature review can be tedious and often involves manually checking a paper's references. Two recent web apps, Local Citation Network and Citation Gecko, aid this process by constructing and visualizing citation networks that help to identify the most influential papers in a given topic or field.

The challenge of categorizing research

Assigning publications to research fields can be a challenge. While the demarcation of fields can be supported by algorithms, labeling fields properly requires to know what holds them together. I investigated this problem and discovered interesting reasons for publications to form a research field.

Recommendations to Crossref from a Science Studies Perspective

In a recent talk at a Crossref meeting, Ludo Waltman spoke about open citations and made three recommendations to Crossref.