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The disconnection between artificial intelligence engineering research and sustainable development

The disconnection between artificial intelligence engineering research and sustainable development

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to contribute to solving some of the most pressing societal issues of our time, but to what extent are engineers reflecting on the uses of their technologies for sustainable development, and who is producing the engineering knowledge behind AI?

Diego Chavarro, Jaime Andrés Pérez-Taborda and Alba Ávila • September 08, 2022

Unlocking the frontiers of Scientometrics: CWTS Summer School 2022

Unlocking the frontiers of Scientometrics: CWTS Summer School 2022

The fourth CWTS Summer School took place from June 20 to July 1, 2022. Scientometric scholars from over 23 different countries representing an array of disciplinary backgrounds met online and in-person in Leiden to learn, share and network on scientometric methods.

Anna Leonard, Basil Mahfouz, Santiago Ruiz-Navas, Tereza Šímová, Verena Weimer and Qianqian Xie • August 11, 2022

What Affects Research Productivity: View from Inside the University

What Affects Research Productivity: View from Inside the University

Dmitry Kochetkov, Ph.D. candidate at CWTS, together with colleagues from the Ural Federal University, analyzed factors affecting the performance of research groups.

Dmitry Kochetkov • August 08, 2022

What lies ahead for research assessment reforms in Europe?

What lies ahead for research assessment reforms in Europe?

Alex Rushforth reflects on a recent announcement by the Council of the European Union to push ahead with an agreement on research assessment reforms across its member states.

Alex Rushforth • July 14, 2022

The growth of open peer review

The growth of open peer review

The closed nature of the traditional journal peer review system is often criticized. Over the past two decades, significant efforts have been made to make peer review more open. Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck use data from Crossref to analyze the growth of open peer review.

Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck • July 06, 2022

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

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

The use of bibliometric indicators such as the h-index or the journal impact factor is not limited to academia: from time to time, they make it into the news as well. Our author studied Italian news articles and found that they are used in quite different contexts and cover a variety of functions.

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

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    PhD candidate

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    Nees Jan van Eck

    Senior Researcher & Head of ICT

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    Tony Ross-Hellauer

    Senior Researcher and Leader of the Open and Reproducible Research Group (ORRG)

  • Leo Tiokhin

    Leo Tiokhin

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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