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A useful new paper by Huang et al.: responsible scientometrics requires more than responsible indicators.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05796-7

Every #metric is shaped by choices made long before evaluation: #data sources, retrieval, cleaning, normalization, analysis, interpretation, and documentation. Responsible research assessment starts long before the assessment itself.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #Bibliometrics #Impact

A useful new paper by Huang et al.: responsible scientometrics requires more than responsible indicators.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05796-7

Every #metric is shaped by choices made long before evaluation: #data sources, retrieval, cleaning, normalization, analysis, interpretation, and documentation. Responsible research assessment starts long before the assessment itself.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #Bibliometrics #Impact

A useful new paper by Huang et al.: responsible scientometrics requires more than responsible indicators.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05796-7

Every #metric is shaped by choices made long before evaluation: #data sources, retrieval, cleaning, normalization, analysis, interpretation, and documentation. Responsible research assessment starts long before the assessment itself.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #Bibliometrics #Impact

A useful new paper by Huang et al.: responsible scientometrics requires more than responsible indicators.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05796-7

Every #metric is shaped by choices made long before evaluation: #data sources, retrieval, cleaning, normalization, analysis, interpretation, and documentation. Responsible research assessment starts long before the assessment itself.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #Bibliometrics #Impact

A useful new paper by Huang et al.: responsible scientometrics requires more than responsible indicators.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05796-7

Every #metric is shaped by choices made long before evaluation: #data sources, retrieval, cleaning, normalization, analysis, interpretation, and documentation. Responsible research assessment starts long before the assessment itself.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #Bibliometrics #Impact

Lutz Bornmann asks a deceptively simple question: should research organizations sign #DORA, #CoARA, and similar initiatives if signing alone doesn't guarantee better research assessment?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101872

His key message is worth repeating: reform is not about replacing "bad metrics" with "good peer review." We need disciplinary sensitivity, professional evaluative bibliometrics, and, crucially, evaluation of the evaluation itself.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #OpenScience

Lutz Bornmann asks a deceptively simple question: should research organizations sign #DORA, #CoARA, and similar initiatives if signing alone doesn't guarantee better research assessment?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101872

His key message is worth repeating: reform is not about replacing "bad metrics" with "good peer review." We need disciplinary sensitivity, professional evaluative bibliometrics, and, crucially, evaluation of the evaluation itself.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #OpenScience

Lutz Bornmann asks a deceptively simple question: should research organizations sign #DORA, #CoARA, and similar initiatives if signing alone doesn't guarantee better research assessment?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101872

His key message is worth repeating: reform is not about replacing "bad metrics" with "good peer review." We need disciplinary sensitivity, professional evaluative bibliometrics, and, crucially, evaluation of the evaluation itself.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #OpenScience

Lutz Bornmann asks a deceptively simple question: should research organizations sign #DORA, #CoARA, and similar initiatives if signing alone doesn't guarantee better research assessment?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101872

His key message is worth repeating: reform is not about replacing "bad metrics" with "good peer review." We need disciplinary sensitivity, professional evaluative bibliometrics, and, crucially, evaluation of the evaluation itself.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #OpenScience

Lutz Bornmann asks a deceptively simple question: should research organizations sign #DORA, #CoARA, and similar initiatives if signing alone doesn't guarantee better research assessment?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101872

His key message is worth repeating: reform is not about replacing "bad metrics" with "good peer review." We need disciplinary sensitivity, professional evaluative bibliometrics, and, crucially, evaluation of the evaluation itself.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #OpenScience

I presented some of my recent work at the IRIT Research Seminar – from strange bibliometric patterns and GenAI to research integrity and research climate.

📌 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.56647

The main question: finding something wrong is one thing. What happens next? Detection needs interpretation. Correction needs institutions. Prevention requires understanding the environment.

#ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #GenAI #ResearchEvaluation #bibliometrics

I presented some of my recent work at the IRIT Research Seminar – from strange bibliometric patterns and GenAI to research integrity and research climate.

📌 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.56647

The main question: finding something wrong is one thing. What happens next? Detection needs interpretation. Correction needs institutions. Prevention requires understanding the environment.

#ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #GenAI #ResearchEvaluation #bibliometrics

I presented some of my recent work at the IRIT Research Seminar – from strange bibliometric patterns and GenAI to research integrity and research climate.

📌 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.56647

The main question: finding something wrong is one thing. What happens next? Detection needs interpretation. Correction needs institutions. Prevention requires understanding the environment.

#ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #GenAI #ResearchEvaluation #bibliometrics

I presented some of my recent work at the IRIT Research Seminar – from strange bibliometric patterns and GenAI to research integrity and research climate.

📌 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.56647

The main question: finding something wrong is one thing. What happens next? Detection needs interpretation. Correction needs institutions. Prevention requires understanding the environment.

#ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #GenAI #ResearchEvaluation #bibliometrics

I presented some of my recent work at the IRIT Research Seminar – from strange bibliometric patterns and GenAI to research integrity and research climate.

📌 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.56647

The main question: finding something wrong is one thing. What happens next? Detection needs interpretation. Correction needs institutions. Prevention requires understanding the environment.

#ResearchIntegrity #Scientometrics #GenAI #ResearchEvaluation #bibliometrics

Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Publishing: Citation Impact and Thematic Trends

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2026/09/11/artificial-intelligence-in-scientific-publishing-citation-impact-and-thematic-trends/

#ArtificialIntelligence #Bibliometrics #MohammadaminErfanmanesh #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication

An OpenAlex working group chaired by Alperin suggests replacing the diamond/gold/green/hybrid/bronze system with labels for access, location, and license.
The goal is to separate information on the publisher's business model from the article's access status.

This is the full report: https://zenodo.org/records/21934115

#OpenAlex #OpenAccess #Bibliometrics

An OpenAlex working group chaired by Alperin suggests replacing the diamond/gold/green/hybrid/bronze system with labels for access, location, and license.
The goal is to separate information on the publisher's business model from the article's access status.

This is the full report: https://zenodo.org/records/21934115

#OpenAlex #OpenAccess #Bibliometrics

My head tells me bibliometrics are awful, my heart still beats faster when I get cited or my h-index increases ;-)

Or is it the other way around?

Anyway a paper I was third author on just got cited for the first time and I am bizarrely pleased. I think it is more that it has greater than zero citations now, makes it feel like there was some value to others… however illusory this may be.

On a related note one of my colleagues has *exactly* the same h-index as me, and precisely two more citations over the course of her career. The devil is in the detail though: her citation rate is much higher, and is growing, whereas I am last year’s man man.

#bibliometrics

My head tells me bibliometrics are awful, my heart still beats faster when I get cited or my h-index increases ;-)

Or is it the other way around?

Anyway a paper I was third author on just got cited for the first time and I am bizarrely pleased. I think it is more that it has greater than zero citations now, makes it feel like there was some value to others… however illusory this may be.

On a related note one of my colleagues has *exactly* the same h-index as me, and precisely two more citations over the course of her career. The devil is in the detail though: her citation rate is much higher, and is growing, whereas I am last year’s man man.

#bibliometrics

My head tells me bibliometrics are awful, my heart still beats faster when I get cited or my h-index increases ;-)

Or is it the other way around?

Anyway a paper I was third author on just got cited for the first time and I am bizarrely pleased. I think it is more that it has greater than zero citations now, makes it feel like there was some value to others… however illusory this may be.

On a related note one of my colleagues has *exactly* the same h-index as me, and precisely two more citations over the course of her career. The devil is in the detail though: her citation rate is much higher, and is growing, whereas I am last year’s man man.

#bibliometrics

My head tells me bibliometrics are awful, my heart still beats faster when I get cited or my h-index increases ;-)

Or is it the other way around?

Anyway a paper I was third author on just got cited for the first time and I am bizarrely pleased. I think it is more that it has greater than zero citations now, makes it feel like there was some value to others… however illusory this may be.

On a related note one of my colleagues has *exactly* the same h-index as me, and precisely two more citations over the course of her career. The devil is in the detail though: her citation rate is much higher, and is growing, whereas I am last year’s man man.

#bibliometrics

My head tells me bibliometrics are awful, my heart still beats faster when I get cited or my h-index increases ;-)

Or is it the other way around?

Anyway a paper I was third author on just got cited for the first time and I am bizarrely pleased. I think it is more that it has greater than zero citations now, makes it feel like there was some value to others… however illusory this may be.

On a related note one of my colleagues has *exactly* the same h-index as me, and precisely two more citations over the course of her career. The devil is in the detail though: her citation rate is much higher, and is growing, whereas I am last year’s man man.

#bibliometrics

If you don’t have access, you can read the article in your browser via this link: https://rdcu.be/fCrll.

And if you’d like a PDF version, head over to RG: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413676790_Poor_bibliometric_studies_do_not_make_bibliometrics_poor_science_a_response_to_Ellegaard

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience #BibliometricAnalysis #PeerReview

If you don’t have access, you can read the article in your browser via this link: https://rdcu.be/fCrll.

And if you’d like a PDF version, head over to RG: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413676790_Poor_bibliometric_studies_do_not_make_bibliometrics_poor_science_a_response_to_Ellegaard

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience #BibliometricAnalysis #PeerReview

If you don’t have access, you can read the article in your browser via this link: https://rdcu.be/fCrll.

And if you’d like a PDF version, head over to RG: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413676790_Poor_bibliometric_studies_do_not_make_bibliometrics_poor_science_a_response_to_Ellegaard

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience #BibliometricAnalysis #PeerReview

If you don’t have access, you can read the article in your browser via this link: https://rdcu.be/fCrll.

And if you’d like a PDF version, head over to RG: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413676790_Poor_bibliometric_studies_do_not_make_bibliometrics_poor_science_a_response_to_Ellegaard

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience #BibliometricAnalysis #PeerReview

If you don’t have access, you can read the article in your browser via this link: https://rdcu.be/fCrll.

And if you’d like a PDF version, head over to RG: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413676790_Poor_bibliometric_studies_do_not_make_bibliometrics_poor_science_a_response_to_Ellegaard

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience #BibliometricAnalysis #PeerReview

My new paper in Scientometrics: Poor bibliometric studies do not make bibliometrics poor science.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05791-y

Yes, there is plenty of superficial, software-driven bibliometric research. But the problem is research quality – not bibliometrics as a scientific method.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience

My new paper in Scientometrics: Poor bibliometric studies do not make bibliometrics poor science.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05791-y

Yes, there is plenty of superficial, software-driven bibliometric research. But the problem is research quality – not bibliometrics as a scientific method.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience

My new paper in Scientometrics: Poor bibliometric studies do not make bibliometrics poor science.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05791-y

Yes, there is plenty of superficial, software-driven bibliometric research. But the problem is research quality – not bibliometrics as a scientific method.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience

My new paper in Scientometrics: Poor bibliometric studies do not make bibliometrics poor science.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05791-y

Yes, there is plenty of superficial, software-driven bibliometric research. But the problem is research quality – not bibliometrics as a scientific method.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience

My new paper in Scientometrics: Poor bibliometric studies do not make bibliometrics poor science.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05791-y

Yes, there is plenty of superficial, software-driven bibliometric research. But the problem is research quality – not bibliometrics as a scientific method.

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchQuality #MetaScience

Is Scopus really a curated bibliographic database?

A new Scientometrics study finds 2.7M records without author information, 500K+ records with unknown source titles, inconsistent document types, and even London recorded as an affiliation.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05778-9

A useful reminder: better research assessment starts with understanding and checking the data - not just pressing a button.

#Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

Is Scopus really a curated bibliographic database?

A new Scientometrics study finds 2.7M records without author information, 500K+ records with unknown source titles, inconsistent document types, and even London recorded as an affiliation.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05778-9

A useful reminder: better research assessment starts with understanding and checking the data - not just pressing a button.

#Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

Is Scopus really a curated bibliographic database?

A new Scientometrics study finds 2.7M records without author information, 500K+ records with unknown source titles, inconsistent document types, and even London recorded as an affiliation.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05778-9

A useful reminder: better research assessment starts with understanding and checking the data - not just pressing a button.

#Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

Is Scopus really a curated bibliographic database?

A new Scientometrics study finds 2.7M records without author information, 500K+ records with unknown source titles, inconsistent document types, and even London recorded as an affiliation.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05778-9

A useful reminder: better research assessment starts with understanding and checking the data - not just pressing a button.

#Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

Is Scopus really a curated bibliographic database?

A new Scientometrics study finds 2.7M records without author information, 500K+ records with unknown source titles, inconsistent document types, and even London recorded as an affiliation.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05778-9

A useful reminder: better research assessment starts with understanding and checking the data - not just pressing a button.

#Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

You remember we all had our five cents about a paper a few years back, arguing that research is becoming less disruptive?
Ya, it turns out there are some issues with the dataset, and for a different analysis, disruptiveness actually increased.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10787-y

#Science #Bibliometrics

You remember we all had our five cents about a paper a few years back, arguing that research is becoming less disruptive?
Ya, it turns out there are some issues with the dataset, and for a different analysis, disruptiveness actually increased.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10787-y

#Science #Bibliometrics

You remember we all had our five cents about a paper a few years back, arguing that research is becoming less disruptive?
Ya, it turns out there are some issues with the dataset, and for a different analysis, disruptiveness actually increased.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10787-y

#Science #Bibliometrics

You remember we all had our five cents about a paper a few years back, arguing that research is becoming less disruptive?
Ya, it turns out there are some issues with the dataset, and for a different analysis, disruptiveness actually increased.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10787-y

#Science #Bibliometrics

You remember we all had our five cents about a paper a few years back, arguing that research is becoming less disruptive?
Ya, it turns out there are some issues with the dataset, and for a different analysis, disruptiveness actually increased.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10787-y

#Science #Bibliometrics

My new paper is out in Research Evaluation. I introduce "assessment creep": a risk that, as research assessment moves beyond simplistic metrics, we keep adding legitimate new criteria without making clear how they should be prioritised or combined:

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvag050

The challenge for #DORA, #CoARA & research assessment reform is not complexity itself, but keeping evaluation coherent, transparent & accountable.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchPolicy #OpenScience #Bibliometrics

My new paper is out in Research Evaluation. I introduce "assessment creep": a risk that, as research assessment moves beyond simplistic metrics, we keep adding legitimate new criteria without making clear how they should be prioritised or combined:

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvag050

The challenge for #DORA, #CoARA & research assessment reform is not complexity itself, but keeping evaluation coherent, transparent & accountable.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchPolicy #OpenScience #Bibliometrics

My new paper is out in Research Evaluation. I introduce "assessment creep": a risk that, as research assessment moves beyond simplistic metrics, we keep adding legitimate new criteria without making clear how they should be prioritised or combined:

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvag050

The challenge for #DORA, #CoARA & research assessment reform is not complexity itself, but keeping evaluation coherent, transparent & accountable.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchPolicy #OpenScience #Bibliometrics

My new paper is out in Research Evaluation. I introduce "assessment creep": a risk that, as research assessment moves beyond simplistic metrics, we keep adding legitimate new criteria without making clear how they should be prioritised or combined:

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvag050

The challenge for #DORA, #CoARA & research assessment reform is not complexity itself, but keeping evaluation coherent, transparent & accountable.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchPolicy #OpenScience #Bibliometrics

My new paper is out in Research Evaluation. I introduce "assessment creep": a risk that, as research assessment moves beyond simplistic metrics, we keep adding legitimate new criteria without making clear how they should be prioritised or combined:

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvag050

The challenge for #DORA, #CoARA & research assessment reform is not complexity itself, but keeping evaluation coherent, transparent & accountable.

#ResearchEvaluation #ResearchPolicy #OpenScience #Bibliometrics

I just learned about the feminist economist Marianne Ferber.

Her last article, "The Gender Gap in Citations: Does It Persist?", was published in 2011, when she was 88 years old!

It builds on her earlier article, "Citations: Are They an Objective Measure of Scholarly Merit?" (1986), which ends with this absolute banger of a sentence:
"Citations, then, should not be regarded as unbiased indicators of merit."

#bibliometrics #ScholComm

I just learned about the feminist economist Marianne Ferber.

Her last article, "The Gender Gap in Citations: Does It Persist?", was published in 2011, when she was 88 years old!

It builds on her earlier article, "Citations: Are They an Objective Measure of Scholarly Merit?" (1986), which ends with this absolute banger of a sentence:
"Citations, then, should not be regarded as unbiased indicators of merit."

#bibliometrics #ScholComm

A timely new commentary in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology raises an uncomfortable question:

Can anti-metric research assessment reforms backfire in weak academic systems?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112430

Reducing metrics may work where institutions are strong. But in fragile systems, it may unintentionally increase the influence of favouritism, academic inbreeding, and opaque decision-making.

#ResearchAssessment #CoARA #DORA #Bibliometrics #MetaResearch #OpenScience #SciencePolicy

A timely new commentary in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology raises an uncomfortable question:

Can anti-metric research assessment reforms backfire in weak academic systems?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112430

Reducing metrics may work where institutions are strong. But in fragile systems, it may unintentionally increase the influence of favouritism, academic inbreeding, and opaque decision-making.

#ResearchAssessment #CoARA #DORA #Bibliometrics #MetaResearch #OpenScience #SciencePolicy

A timely new commentary in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology raises an uncomfortable question:

Can anti-metric research assessment reforms backfire in weak academic systems?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112430

Reducing metrics may work where institutions are strong. But in fragile systems, it may unintentionally increase the influence of favouritism, academic inbreeding, and opaque decision-making.

#ResearchAssessment #CoARA #DORA #Bibliometrics #MetaResearch #OpenScience #SciencePolicy

A timely new commentary in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology raises an uncomfortable question:

Can anti-metric research assessment reforms backfire in weak academic systems?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112430

Reducing metrics may work where institutions are strong. But in fragile systems, it may unintentionally increase the influence of favouritism, academic inbreeding, and opaque decision-making.

#ResearchAssessment #CoARA #DORA #Bibliometrics #MetaResearch #OpenScience #SciencePolicy

A timely new commentary in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology raises an uncomfortable question:

Can anti-metric research assessment reforms backfire in weak academic systems?

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112430

Reducing metrics may work where institutions are strong. But in fragile systems, it may unintentionally increase the influence of favouritism, academic inbreeding, and opaque decision-making.

#ResearchAssessment #CoARA #DORA #Bibliometrics #MetaResearch #OpenScience #SciencePolicy

When “messy” affiliation data turns into a research security risk OpenAlex just cleaned 6,191 false links between authors and listed organisations—and they’re asking research security teams to help fix the rest.
#ResearchSecurity #OpenAlex #Bibliometrics

https://blog.openalex.org/when-affiliation-errors-become-a-research-security-problem/

When “messy” affiliation data turns into a research security risk OpenAlex just cleaned 6,191 false links between authors and listed organisations—and they’re asking research security teams to help fix the rest.
#ResearchSecurity #OpenAlex #Bibliometrics

https://blog.openalex.org/when-affiliation-errors-become-a-research-security-problem/

When “messy” affiliation data turns into a research security risk OpenAlex just cleaned 6,191 false links between authors and listed organisations—and they’re asking research security teams to help fix the rest.
#ResearchSecurity #OpenAlex #Bibliometrics

https://blog.openalex.org/when-affiliation-errors-become-a-research-security-problem/

When “messy” affiliation data turns into a research security risk OpenAlex just cleaned 6,191 false links between authors and listed organisations—and they’re asking research security teams to help fix the rest.
#ResearchSecurity #OpenAlex #Bibliometrics

https://blog.openalex.org/when-affiliation-errors-become-a-research-security-problem/

When “messy” affiliation data turns into a research security risk OpenAlex just cleaned 6,191 false links between authors and listed organisations—and they’re asking research security teams to help fix the rest.
#ResearchSecurity #OpenAlex #Bibliometrics

https://blog.openalex.org/when-affiliation-errors-become-a-research-security-problem/