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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

  6. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101

    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

  7. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101

    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

  8. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101

    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

  9. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101

    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

  10. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101

    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

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

    📌 doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.

    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

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

    📌 doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.

    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

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

    📌 doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.

    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

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

    📌 doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.

    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

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

    📌 doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31734.

    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

  16. 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: zenodo.org/records/21934115

    #OpenAlex #OpenAccess #Bibliometrics

  17. 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: zenodo.org/records/21934115

    #OpenAlex #OpenAccess #Bibliometrics

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

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

    :doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

    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

  28. 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: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

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

    #Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

  29. 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: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

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

    #Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

  30. 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: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

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

    #Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

  31. 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: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

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

    #Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

  32. 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: doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-057

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

    #Scopus #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation

  33. 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: nature.com/articles/s41586-026

    #Science #Bibliometrics

  34. 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: nature.com/articles/s41586-026

    #Science #Bibliometrics

  35. 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: nature.com/articles/s41586-026

    #Science #Bibliometrics

  36. 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: nature.com/articles/s41586-026

    #Science #Bibliometrics

  37. 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: nature.com/articles/s41586-026

    #Science #Bibliometrics

  38. 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:

    🔗 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

  39. 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:

    🔗 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

  40. 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:

    🔗 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

  41. 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:

    🔗 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

  42. 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:

    🔗 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.202

    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

  46. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.202

    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

  47. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.202

    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

  48. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.202

    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

  49. 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: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.202

    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

  50. 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

    blog.openalex.org/when-affilia

  51. 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

    blog.openalex.org/when-affilia

  52. 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

    blog.openalex.org/when-affilia

  53. 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

    blog.openalex.org/when-affilia

  54. 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

    blog.openalex.org/when-affilia