Launch of the CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition 2024 Earlier this year CWTS published the first Open Edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking. Today the Leiden Ranking Open Edition 2024 was launched. In this post, Nees Jan van Eck and colleagues discuss the latest developments around the Open Edition of the Leiden Ranking. Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman and Mark Neijssel • October 09, 2024
Bezuiniging op Open Science NL, superzonde! Afgelopen week werd een forse bezuiniging op Open Science NL bekendgemaakt. Ludo Waltman, open science ambassadeur van Universiteit Leiden, bespreekt de gevolgen van deze bezuiniging. Ludo Waltman • September 25, 2024
CWTS ventures Into the Great Wide Open Next week, the STI 2024 conference will take place in Berlin. Our colleagues at CWTS are already busy preparing their contributions. This blog post highlights all the posters, presentations, and special sessions that they are involved in. Blog team • September 12, 2024
The GLOBAL initiative - Contribute to improving the reporting of bibliometric analyses The team of the GLOBAL initiative is looking for people with experience in bibliometric analyses to participate in a Delphi study to develop a reporting guideline for bibliometric analysis. This post introduces the GLOBAL initiative and invites colleagues with relevant experience to contribute. Jeremy Y. Ng, Henry Liu and Stefanie Haustein • July 26, 2024 • 1 comment
Towards the democratisation of open research information for scientometrics and science policy: the Campinas experience The Barcelona Declaration represented a major step towards the adoption of open data for scientometrics and science policy. This blogpost discusses the importance of also moving towards democratising the access and use of these open resources, by sharing our experience from Campinas in Brazil. Alysson Mazoni and Rodrigo Costas • June 06, 2024
Origin and evolution of the "publish or perish" phenomenon The origin of the phrase "publish or perish" has been intriguing since this question was first raised by Eugene Garfield in 1996. In this blog, I will talk about the evolution of the meaning of this phrase and show the earliest use known at this point. Vladimir M. Moskovkin • June 04, 2024
An update on the Scholars on Twitter dataset In 2022, we published a dataset of Scholars on Twitter. This blog post introduces an update to this dataset and discusses some of the challenges with our data providers: Twitter, Crossref, and OpenAlex. These challenges made the original dataset and process obsolete and this update necessary. Philippe Mongeon, Timothy D. Bowman, Rodrigo Costas and Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado • April 24, 2024
Not only Open, but also Diverse and Inclusive: Towards Decentralised and Federated Research Information Sources The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information highlights that research information systems should not only be open but also diverse and inclusive. We argue that this can only be achieved by interlinking various and decentralised research information sources. Dominique Babini, Arianna Becerril Garcia, Rodrigo Costas, Lautaro Matas, Ismael Rafols and Laura Rovelli • April 22, 2024
Walking the talk: a peek into Open Science practices at CWTS At CWTS, Open Science is a prominent topic, but what do we actually do about it? Ana Parrón Cabañero, PhD candidate at CWTS, interviewed colleagues and explored the integration of Open Science into mission and practice at the institute. Here, she reflects on her findings and links them to theory. Ana Parrón Cabañero • April 08, 2024
