University technology transfer: 'it's not a business, but run it like a business‘

Technology transfer from universities can be intricate. The roles – and perceptions – of researchers, universities, and companies alike need to be considered on the way from ideas and inventions to innovation and investments. But in the end, it may just be a question of “Einstein or Columbus?”

Ivo de Nooijer • September 28, 2022

CHERRIES and RIPEET: CWTS traveling the Science - Society interface

This blogpost presents how CWTS got involved in two H2020-funded projects, CHERRIES and RIPEET, what they are about (territorial RRI), what we have learned from it, and what our contribution was (and still is) to developing interactions between science and society.

Ingeborg Meijer, Sonia Mena Jara, Anestis Amanatidis, Tim Willemse and Gaston Heimeriks • September 22, 2022

SciCon 2022: A look at Decentralized Science

In July 2022, the first SciCon took place with the aim of connecting the metascience community with the Decentralized Science movement (DeSci). This post briefly summarizes the experience and introduces DeSci to the reader.

Giovanni Colavizza • September 19, 2022

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

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

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?

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 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

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