#bibliometrics — Public Fediverse posts
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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
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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
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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." -
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
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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
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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 #Bibliometricshttps://blog.openalex.org/when-affiliation-errors-become-a-research-security-problem/
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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 #Bibliometricshttps://blog.openalex.org/when-affiliation-errors-become-a-research-security-problem/
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Articles receive about 11% fewer views on weekends than on weekdays. An even stronger seasonal effect appears during summer: in June-August, the average number of daily article views is roughly 50% lower than during the rest of the year.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05710-1
So, if your paper is being published today (in the middle of summer, just before the weekend) and the publication gets delayed... it might even work in your favour. 🙂
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Articles receive about 11% fewer views on weekends than on weekdays. An even stronger seasonal effect appears during summer: in June-August, the average number of daily article views is roughly 50% lower than during the rest of the year.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05710-1
So, if your paper is being published today (in the middle of summer, just before the weekend) and the publication gets delayed... it might even work in your favour. 🙂
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[Thèse] Yutong Fei. Étude et classification des contextes de citation pour une construction d’indicateurs relationnels sémantiques. Université Cl. Bernard Lyon 1, 2026 -> https://hal.science/tel-05687014v1
#researchonresearch #ROR #citation #scientometrics #bibliometrics #TDM #openaccess #IST #Lyon -
Dual-use research, linking civilian and security applications, is cited more often than purely civilian science, according to a large-scale analysis of US patents and publications.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01770-8
#sciencepolicy #research #innovation #dualuse #bibliometrics
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Dual-use research, linking civilian and security applications, is cited more often than purely civilian science, according to a large-scale analysis of US patents and publications.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01770-8
#sciencepolicy #research #innovation #dualuse #bibliometrics
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Is there anyone with access to the Cabells' Predatory Reports database who would be willing to look up a few journals for us?
#Cabells #bibliometrics #librarian #predatory #publishing -
Is there anyone with access to the Cabells' Predatory Reports database who would be willing to look up a few journals for us?
#Cabells #bibliometrics #librarian #predatory #publishing -
The OpenAlex database in review: Evaluating its applications, capabilities, and limitations:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1751157726000337?via%3DihubIt's a good overview with >150 articles covered.
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📊 How do researchers actually use bibliographic databases today?
The Bibliometrics Service of the Université de Lorraine has published the results of its 2026 survey on Web of Science usage, conducted across the university community.
Based on 545 responses spanning a broad disciplinary spectrum, the survey explores current practices around Web of Science, Google Scholar, disciplinary databases, and the emerging open alternative #OpenAlex.
Key findings include:
🔹 Google Scholar is now the most consulted resource, ahead of Web of Science.
🔹 Web of Science remains mainly used for literature search, monitoring, bibliometric studies, and Journal Citation Reports.
🔹 OpenAlex, although still relatively new, is gaining attention for its broad coverage, accessibility, and open infrastructure.
🔹 The study suggests that many WoS uses could potentially transition toward OpenAlex, provided there is continued work on data quality and user support.This work aligns with the Université de Lorraine’s commitment to open research information, in the broader context of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @BarcelonaDORI and ongoing changes in institutional subscriptions to proprietary databases.
A key takeaway:
➡️ Open tools alone are not enough; their successful adoption also depends on training, mediation, and support from academic libraries.📖 Read the full analysis:
🇫🇷 French version: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20310514
📂 Raw data available on Recherche Data Gouv:
https://doi.org/10.57745/THDNY1
🇬🇧 English version: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20312097#OpenScience #Bibliometrics #ResearchInformation #OpenAlex #WebOfScience #OpenResearch
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📊 How do researchers actually use bibliographic databases today?
The Bibliometrics Service of the Université de Lorraine has published the results of its 2026 survey on Web of Science usage, conducted across the university community.
Based on 545 responses spanning a broad disciplinary spectrum, the survey explores current practices around Web of Science, Google Scholar, disciplinary databases, and the emerging open alternative #OpenAlex.
Key findings include:
🔹 Google Scholar is now the most consulted resource, ahead of Web of Science.
🔹 Web of Science remains mainly used for literature search, monitoring, bibliometric studies, and Journal Citation Reports.
🔹 OpenAlex, although still relatively new, is gaining attention for its broad coverage, accessibility, and open infrastructure.
🔹 The study suggests that many WoS uses could potentially transition toward OpenAlex, provided there is continued work on data quality and user support.This work aligns with the Université de Lorraine’s commitment to open research information, in the broader context of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @BarcelonaDORI and ongoing changes in institutional subscriptions to proprietary databases.
A key takeaway:
➡️ Open tools alone are not enough; their successful adoption also depends on training, mediation, and support from academic libraries.📖 Read the full analysis:
🇫🇷 French version: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20310514
📂 Raw data available on Recherche Data Gouv:
https://doi.org/10.57745/THDNY1
🇬🇧 English version: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20312097#OpenScience #Bibliometrics #ResearchInformation #OpenAlex #WebOfScience #OpenResearch
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Digital identity in science is not unified by default. Tools like ORCID and database checks can reveal mismatches and missing affiliations that affect visibility and credit.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04132-y
#ResearchIntegrity #ORCID #OpenScience #Bibliometrics #SciencePolicy
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You may not agree with this paper, but you should read it:
"Aging and the narrowing of scientific innovation", Cui et al. 2026 (James Evans lab)
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady8732"Analyzing more than 12.5 million scientists who published between 1960 and 2020, we find that novelty—the linking of previously unconnected ideas—increases with academic age, whereas disruption—the replacement of established ideas with new ones—declines."
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You may not agree with this paper, but you should read it:
"Aging and the narrowing of scientific innovation", Cui et al. 2026 (James Evans lab)
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady8732"Analyzing more than 12.5 million scientists who published between 1960 and 2020, we find that novelty—the linking of previously unconnected ideas—increases with academic age, whereas disruption—the replacement of established ideas with new ones—declines."
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Translate Science invites you to our first PREreview Club live review! We'll be meeting online Tuesday, May 26, 2026 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM UTC. Participants who choose to be Review Authors will also collaborate asynch to finalize a constructive peer review.
We'll be reviewing Galip Kartal, Ali Karakaş. Mapping Research on Global Englishes: A Bibliometric Analysis, 14 April 2026, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9393872/v1]
RSVP on Mobilizon with your email:
https://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/a6cff069-c166-4bb8-b0d4-c7e844a4e7ff
#OpenScience #PeerReview #translation #GlobalEnglish #bibliometrics
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Translate Science invites you to our first PREreview Club live review! We'll be meeting online Tuesday, May 26, 2026 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM UTC. Participants who choose to be Review Authors will also collaborate asynch to finalize a constructive peer review.
We'll be reviewing Galip Kartal, Ali Karakaş. Mapping Research on Global Englishes: A Bibliometric Analysis, 14 April 2026, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9393872/v1]
RSVP on Mobilizon with your email:
https://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/a6cff069-c166-4bb8-b0d4-c7e844a4e7ff
#OpenScience #PeerReview #translation #GlobalEnglish #bibliometrics
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Using neural embeddings of citation networks, researchers map scientific “disruption”: when future research stops following past directions and starts a new trajectory.
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-breakthroughs-science-large-scale-analysis.html
#Science #Innovation #Bibliometrics #MachineLearning #ResearchPolicy
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Using neural embeddings of citation networks, researchers map scientific “disruption”: when future research stops following past directions and starts a new trajectory.
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-breakthroughs-science-large-scale-analysis.html
#Science #Innovation #Bibliometrics #MachineLearning #ResearchPolicy
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A força do OpenAlex: nesse diagrama de Venn estão agrupados todos os periódicos onde os pesquisadores brasileiros publicam que estão na Scopus, no Google Scholar e no OpenAlex.
Dos periódicos que estão em alguma das 3 bases indexadoras, o OpenAlex tem 90% deles.
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I’m glad to share my paper on publication activity and migration trends of Ukrainian SSH scholars during the first two years of the full-scale war.
👉 https://www.jscires.org/article/15/1/124
The key finding: the most productive researchers have largely remained in #Ukraine and many have maintained or even increased their publication activity, despite the challenges.
#Science #OpenScience #Bibliometrics #HigherEducation #Scientometrics #Research #Academia
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I’m glad to share my paper on publication activity and migration trends of Ukrainian SSH scholars during the first two years of the full-scale war.
👉 https://www.jscires.org/article/15/1/124
The key finding: the most productive researchers have largely remained in #Ukraine and many have maintained or even increased their publication activity, despite the challenges.
#Science #OpenScience #Bibliometrics #HigherEducation #Scientometrics #Research #Academia
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Can a great song title make your paper more visible? In our new study, we explored how famous song titles appear in Scopus-indexed article titles.
🎧 https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515261437409
We found that in most cases, these titles are used as catchy rhetorical signals to attract readers. But here’s the catch: they don’t necessarily lead to higher citations. So yes, your title can sound like a rock hit… but impact still depends on more than style.
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Can a great song title make your paper more visible? In our new study, we explored how famous song titles appear in Scopus-indexed article titles.
🎧 https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515261437409
We found that in most cases, these titles are used as catchy rhetorical signals to attract readers. But here’s the catch: they don’t necessarily lead to higher citations. So yes, your title can sound like a rock hit… but impact still depends on more than style.
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Initial questions about this #retraction risk calculator:
What about negative phrases in social media posts that are NOT actually about the linked article?
What about negative posts about a paper that don’t actually link to the paper? (Screenshots, “link in comment” posts, etc.)
#NLP #sentimentAnalysis #webScraping #bibliometrics #Altmetric #stats
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Initial questions about this #retraction risk calculator:
What about negative phrases in social media posts that are NOT actually about the linked article?
What about negative posts about a paper that don’t actually link to the paper? (Screenshots, “link in comment” posts, etc.)
#NLP #sentimentAnalysis #webScraping #bibliometrics #Altmetric #stats
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A recent Journal of Informetrics study shows – There is no universal number of “too many authors.”
In some fields, 3–6 may already be unusual.
In medicine – dozens are common.
In physics – large teams are often the norm.:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101803
Yes, #hyperauthorship can signal problems (e.g., honorary authorship, metric inflation). But the key question is not “how many authors?” 👉 it is: Is this abnormal for this field and time?
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A recent Journal of Informetrics study shows – There is no universal number of “too many authors.”
In some fields, 3–6 may already be unusual.
In medicine – dozens are common.
In physics – large teams are often the norm.:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101803
Yes, #hyperauthorship can signal problems (e.g., honorary authorship, metric inflation). But the key question is not “how many authors?” 👉 it is: Is this abnormal for this field and time?
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New blog post on @lseimpactblog about our project. Why global databases are not enough, and why national scholarly infrastructures matter more than we think.
The solution is not to replace global systems, but to connect national ones into a network of interoperable, open infrastructures.
#OpenScience #Bibliometrics #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchPolicy
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New blog post on @lseimpactblog about our project. Why global databases are not enough, and why national scholarly infrastructures matter more than we think.
The solution is not to replace global systems, but to connect national ones into a network of interoperable, open infrastructures.
#OpenScience #Bibliometrics #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchPolicy
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Our new 📄 in Current Alzheimer Research looks at a strange, and worrying, phenomenon in scientific writing: tortured phrases. Instead of blood-brain barrier, some papers use bizarre alternatives like blood-brain obstruction or blood-cerebrum boundary.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.2174/0115672050460224260206052444
These are not just language errors, they can signal deeper issues such as weak #PeerReview or even #PaperMills.
#OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #Bibliometrics #Neuroethics #AcademicPublishing
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Our new 📄 in Current Alzheimer Research looks at a strange, and worrying, phenomenon in scientific writing: tortured phrases. Instead of blood-brain barrier, some papers use bizarre alternatives like blood-brain obstruction or blood-cerebrum boundary.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.2174/0115672050460224260206052444
These are not just language errors, they can signal deeper issues such as weak #PeerReview or even #PaperMills.
#OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #Bibliometrics #Neuroethics #AcademicPublishing
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Nova versão do Odorico Periódicos, com o Qualis de 2026 e os indicadores bibliométricos do OpenAlex e da Scopus atualizados:
https://odorico.ibict.br/periodicos/
Serve para quem trabalha com bibliometria ou simplesmente para quem quer rapidamente saber qual o "prestígio" de um periódico antes de publicar nele.
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Nova versão do Odorico Periódicos, com o Qualis de 2026 e os indicadores bibliométricos do OpenAlex e da Scopus atualizados:
https://odorico.ibict.br/periodicos/
Serve para quem trabalha com bibliometria ou simplesmente para quem quer rapidamente saber qual o "prestígio" de um periódico antes de publicar nele.
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Where do bibliometricians come from? 🤔 A new international study suggests a simple answer: mostly from academic libraries. Around 60% of people doing bibliometric work at universities are based there.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515261417634
The catch? Over 70% say they never had formal training in bibliometrics. People simply grow into the role while working with databases, indicators and research analytics.
#bibliometrics #scientometrics #researchmetrics #responsiblemetrics #openscience
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Where do bibliometricians come from? 🤔 A new international study suggests a simple answer: mostly from academic libraries. Around 60% of people doing bibliometric work at universities are based there.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515261417634
The catch? Over 70% say they never had formal training in bibliometrics. People simply grow into the role while working with databases, indicators and research analytics.
#bibliometrics #scientometrics #researchmetrics #responsiblemetrics #openscience
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I blogged about software I wrote for efficiently downloading and querying @opencitations in bulk
📖 blog: https://cthoyt.com/2026/02/10/opencitations-client.html
💽 code: https://github.com/cthoyt/opencitations-client
#opencitations #bibliometrics #opensource #python #knowledgegraphs
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Can we trust “guidelines on how to write a scientific paper”? We analysed 71 “Write a Scientific Paper” guidelines that were widely used and cited for years as best practices.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2026.2622096
Facts:
▪️ 555 citations
▪️ 48 papers carry an editorial expression of concern
▪️ 30 (42%) have been retracted!#AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #Retractions #ScholarlyCommunication #Bibliometrics #PublicationEthics #PeerReview
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A few days ago, @OpenAlex announced that they will require free API keys instead of having the “polite pool” with an email parameter: https://groups.google.com/g/openalex-users/c/rI1GIAySpVQ
They also shared some more insights: their infrastructure now handles around 1.5 billion API calls per month 🤯 On top of that, they are planning new APIs for PDF content and vector search, affiliation matching curation and better author name disambiguation (https://blog.openalex.org/openalex-2026-roadmap/).
With the new features, it looks like they are starting to reap the benefits of their backend migration.
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This was a huge work that we just got published on trends and patterns in evidence synthesis within the field of Forestry and Forest-based Sector (F&FS) . The study investigates potential biases in evidence synthesized by examining different forms of synthesis (i.e. systematic and non-systematic), topics covered and geographical distribution of underpinning studies.
Reviewed topics are dominated by #ForestManagement, #Biodiversity and #ClimateChange, even though the field is sprawling away from core silviculture themes and into more transdisciplinary issues.
https://kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fsd%2Farticle%2FS1389-9341(25)00272-2/1/0102019bb8f33f70-22cdeb05-eff2-4afb-8f03-b9eb7a3813b3-000000/ERe2uC45FU6T7aRnqe4DgN9NIdQ=460
#bibliometrics #Forests #Forestry #ForestResearch #ForestBasedSector #EvidenceSynthesis
#AcademicChatter