Concurrent Evidence: a framework for using evidence from multiple disciplines

In policy and legal systems, focusing too narrowly on one scientific discipline can lead to questionable conclusions. In this post, Tsuyoshi Hondou and Ismael Rafols introduce ‘Concurrent evidence’, a framework that considers evidence from multiple disciplines to reach more robust decisions.

Tsuyoshi Hondou and Ismael Rafols • March 07, 2024

Citizen Science in the CWTS Knowledge Agenda

Participatory practices such as Citizen Science are key to achieving the open engagement of societal actors in research, one of the core pillars of Open Science. In this blog post, the coordinator of the Citizen Science Lab introduces the vision for Citizen Science in the CWTS Knowledge Agenda.

Margaret Gold • March 05, 2024

The UNESCO Open Science Outlook: OS progresses, but unequally

Last December, UNESCO published the first global report on the trends of Open Science (OS). In this blog post, the main findings are highlighted: OS is increasing but does so unevenly and its monitoring is mainly focused on outputs, missing potential progress in participation and dialogue.

Ismael Rafols • February 01, 2024

Introducing the Leiden Ranking Open Edition

This post introduces the Open Edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking, published today by CWTS in collaboration with the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative, Sesame Open Science, and OurResearch. The Leiden Ranking Open Edition is the first fully transparent university ranking.

Ludo Waltman, Nees Jan van Eck, Martijn Visser, Mark Neijssel, Lucy Montgomery, Cameron Neylon, Bianca Kramer, Kyle Demes and Jason Priem • January 30, 2024

Opening up the CWTS Leiden Ranking: Toward a decentralized and open model for data curation

Today, CWTS released the Open Edition of the Leiden Ranking. This blog post discusses the data curation approach taken in this fully transparent edition of the Leiden Ranking.

Nees Jan van Eck, Martijn Visser and Ludo Waltman • January 30, 2024

An open approach for classifying research publications

In this post Nees Jan van Eck and Ludo Waltman introduce an open approach for classifying research publications, contributing to a broader development toward open approaches to bibliometrics.

Nees Jan van Eck and Ludo Waltman • January 24, 2024

Toward open research information - Introducing the Information & Openness focal area at CWTS

The Information & Openness focal area at CWTS studies and promotes openness of research information. In this blog post, we present our agenda for the coming five years.

• January 18, 2024

Understanding Misinformation and Science in Societal Debates

In a new research project, we explore the interaction between misinformation and science on social media during COVID-19. This is part of the new research line on the role of science in societal debates of our Focal Area Engagement & Inclusion.

Vincent Traag, Judit Varga, Rodrigo Costas, Carole de Bordes and Tim Willemse • January 16, 2024

New Horizons: A reflection on the Scientometrics Summer School and the STI 2023 Conference

In September 2023, the city of Leiden in the Netherlands was the venue for not just one, but two scientometrics-related events: the CWTS Scientometrics Summer School and the STI 2023 conference. Our author attended both and reflects on his experience.

Carlos Manuel Vilchez Román • December 21, 2023