#scientometrics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #scientometrics, aggregated by home.social.
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This paper explores the fascinating phenomenon of “zombie journals” – journals that continue to exist after their editorial boards resign and launch rival “breakaway journals.”
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105519
Using cases from linguistics and bibliometrics, the study shows that journal brands can survive institutional crises, but often with dramatically changed author communities, citation patterns, and academic identities.
#AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #Scientometrics #JournalMetrics
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This paper explores the fascinating phenomenon of “zombie journals” – journals that continue to exist after their editorial boards resign and launch rival “breakaway journals.”
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105519
Using cases from linguistics and bibliometrics, the study shows that journal brands can survive institutional crises, but often with dramatically changed author communities, citation patterns, and academic identities.
#AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #Scientometrics #JournalMetrics
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This paper explores the fascinating phenomenon of “zombie journals” – journals that continue to exist after their editorial boards resign and launch rival “breakaway journals.”
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105519
Using cases from linguistics and bibliometrics, the study shows that journal brands can survive institutional crises, but often with dramatically changed author communities, citation patterns, and academic identities.
#AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #Scientometrics #JournalMetrics
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This paper explores the fascinating phenomenon of “zombie journals” – journals that continue to exist after their editorial boards resign and launch rival “breakaway journals.”
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105519
Using cases from linguistics and bibliometrics, the study shows that journal brands can survive institutional crises, but often with dramatically changed author communities, citation patterns, and academic identities.
#AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #Scientometrics #JournalMetrics
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This paper explores the fascinating phenomenon of “zombie journals” – journals that continue to exist after their editorial boards resign and launch rival “breakaway journals.”
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105519
Using cases from linguistics and bibliometrics, the study shows that journal brands can survive institutional crises, but often with dramatically changed author communities, citation patterns, and academic identities.
#AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #Scientometrics #JournalMetrics
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Almost skipped a new paper in #Scientometrics - glad I didn’t. A key point: fundamental research is often too uncertain for the market, so universities become crucial for helping ideas survive through startups, accelerators, and entrepreneurial networks. #Patent licensing, meanwhile, depends more on real long-term collaboration with industry than on fancy “technology transfer offices”.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05648-4
#HigherEducation #Innovation #Startups #Technology #Transfer
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Almost skipped a new paper in #Scientometrics - glad I didn’t. A key point: fundamental research is often too uncertain for the market, so universities become crucial for helping ideas survive through startups, accelerators, and entrepreneurial networks. #Patent licensing, meanwhile, depends more on real long-term collaboration with industry than on fancy “technology transfer offices”.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05648-4
#HigherEducation #Innovation #Startups #Technology #Transfer
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Almost skipped a new paper in #Scientometrics - glad I didn’t. A key point: fundamental research is often too uncertain for the market, so universities become crucial for helping ideas survive through startups, accelerators, and entrepreneurial networks. #Patent licensing, meanwhile, depends more on real long-term collaboration with industry than on fancy “technology transfer offices”.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05648-4
#HigherEducation #Innovation #Startups #Technology #Transfer
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Almost skipped a new paper in #Scientometrics - glad I didn’t. A key point: fundamental research is often too uncertain for the market, so universities become crucial for helping ideas survive through startups, accelerators, and entrepreneurial networks. #Patent licensing, meanwhile, depends more on real long-term collaboration with industry than on fancy “technology transfer offices”.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05648-4
#HigherEducation #Innovation #Startups #Technology #Transfer
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Almost skipped a new paper in #Scientometrics - glad I didn’t. A key point: fundamental research is often too uncertain for the market, so universities become crucial for helping ideas survive through startups, accelerators, and entrepreneurial networks. #Patent licensing, meanwhile, depends more on real long-term collaboration with industry than on fancy “technology transfer offices”.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05648-4
#HigherEducation #Innovation #Startups #Technology #Transfer
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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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Today I gave a talk on @OpenAlex — the largest open database of scholarly metadata. #OpenAlex offers a broader and more inclusive view of science, making previously “invisible” research more visible.
At the same time, it raises important questions about metadata quality, data completeness, and how we interpret metrics.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31061.79847
A key takeaway: research evaluation can vary significantly depending on the data source and analytical choices.
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Today I gave a talk on @OpenAlex — the largest open database of scholarly metadata. #OpenAlex offers a broader and more inclusive view of science, making previously “invisible” research more visible.
At the same time, it raises important questions about metadata quality, data completeness, and how we interpret metrics.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31061.79847
A key takeaway: research evaluation can vary significantly depending on the data source and analytical choices.
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Today I gave a talk on @OpenAlex — the largest open database of scholarly metadata. #OpenAlex offers a broader and more inclusive view of science, making previously “invisible” research more visible.
At the same time, it raises important questions about metadata quality, data completeness, and how we interpret metrics.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31061.79847
A key takeaway: research evaluation can vary significantly depending on the data source and analytical choices.
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Today I gave a talk on @OpenAlex — the largest open database of scholarly metadata. #OpenAlex offers a broader and more inclusive view of science, making previously “invisible” research more visible.
At the same time, it raises important questions about metadata quality, data completeness, and how we interpret metrics.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31061.79847
A key takeaway: research evaluation can vary significantly depending on the data source and analytical choices.
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Today I gave a talk on @OpenAlex — the largest open database of scholarly metadata. #OpenAlex offers a broader and more inclusive view of science, making previously “invisible” research more visible.
At the same time, it raises important questions about metadata quality, data completeness, and how we interpret metrics.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31061.79847
A key takeaway: research evaluation can vary significantly depending on the data source and analytical choices.
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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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Gave a short online lecture on altmetrics today. Main point: altmetrics measure attention, not quality. Sometimes they capture real interest - sometimes just noise. Attention ≠ impact.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30154.12488
#Altmetrics #ResearchImpact #OpenScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Scientometrics
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Gave a short online lecture on altmetrics today. Main point: altmetrics measure attention, not quality. Sometimes they capture real interest - sometimes just noise. Attention ≠ impact.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30154.12488
#Altmetrics #ResearchImpact #OpenScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Scientometrics
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Gave a short online lecture on altmetrics today. Main point: altmetrics measure attention, not quality. Sometimes they capture real interest - sometimes just noise. Attention ≠ impact.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30154.12488
#Altmetrics #ResearchImpact #OpenScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Scientometrics
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Gave a short online lecture on altmetrics today. Main point: altmetrics measure attention, not quality. Sometimes they capture real interest - sometimes just noise. Attention ≠ impact.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30154.12488
#Altmetrics #ResearchImpact #OpenScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Scientometrics
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Gave a short online lecture on altmetrics today. Main point: altmetrics measure attention, not quality. Sometimes they capture real interest - sometimes just noise. Attention ≠ impact.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30154.12488
#Altmetrics #ResearchImpact #OpenScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Scientometrics
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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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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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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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Most research evaluation still rewards papers, not the work that makes them possible. Yet researchers say up to 75% of a project can be data work: collecting, cleaning, curating, documenting.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvag008
Maybe it's time to stop pretending that publications alone represent research.
#OpenScience #ResearchEvaluation #DataCitation #ResponsibleMetrics #Scientometrics
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New paper in Research Evaluation explores how researchers actually cite data. Key insight: data citations are far more complex than simple indicators of data reuse.
:oa: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvag008
They reflect scientific practice, community norms, attribution, and even reputation-building. A timely reminder: metrics alone cannot capture the real value of data work.
#OpenScience #DataCitation #ResearchEvaluation #ResponsibleMetrics #Scientometrics
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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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New commentary published in #Scientometrics: “Scientific collaboration without flights: Ukraine’s wartime adaptation.”
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05576-3
Since 2022, #Ukraine has had no civilian air travel, severely limiting academic mobility. Yet, international co-authorship involving Ukrainian institutions has not declined — it has increased. A small piece on resilience, digital collaboration, and global academic solidarity.
#ResearchCollaboration #OpenScience #ScienceResilience #GlobalScience
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The authors show that European collaboration networks 🇪🇺 remain strongly clustered, largely along geographical and historical lines:
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05499-5
While the total volume of international collaboration has grown exponentially, cross-cluster collaboration remains below expectations, even after major EU policy initiatives such as the European Research Area.
#Scientometrics #Collaboration #SciencePolicy #OpenAlex #OpenScience
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Today at my alma mater, I spoke about how research evaluation is quietly shifting from citations to ChatGPT-style predictions.
👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30585.12642
AI can already “detect quality” from text alone, and sometimes performs better than classic metrics. But it doesn’t evaluate science: it rewards what sounds like good science. We may be heading from “publish or perish” to the new absurdity: “write ChatGPT-friendly or perish.”
#AI #ChatGPT #ResearchEvaluation #Scientometrics #LLM #OpenScience
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Interestingly, one archival witness remembered Zinaida Mulchenko as a "PhD student from #Kyiv" – an unconfirmed but intriguing Ukrainian thread in the story of a scholar who helped shape global scientometrics.
👉 https://doi.org/10.1162/QSS.a.397
@QSS_ISSI #Scientometrics #MatildaEffect #HistoryOfScience #WomenInScience #Bibliometrics #Ukraine
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#Scientometrics is a direct translation of the Soviet term naukometriya, introduced through the 1969 monograph by Vasily Nalimov and Zinaida Mulchenko. A new paper in @QSS_ISSI reveals that around 15% of that monograph consists of fragments from Mulchenko’s PhD thesis on information flows in science — meaning that many core ideas of Soviet scientometrics were actually hers. Yet she almost disappeared from the historical record = #MatildaEffect
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“In my opinion, metric-based recognition without integrity screening can inadvertently legitimize problematic practices. That risk is particularly acute in environments where publication is tied to career progression but where research funding, infrastructure, and oversight remain weak. These conditions can – and often do – fuel paper mills, coercive citation policies, and other unethical behaviors.”
Maryam Sayab spoke to Frederik Joelving for Retraction Watch on Clarivate's involvement in Iraqi research awards being granted to individuals with known integrity concerns.
#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #Citations #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #Iraq #MENA #RetractionWatch
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“In my opinion, metric-based recognition without integrity screening can inadvertently legitimize problematic practices. That risk is particularly acute in environments where publication is tied to career progression but where research funding, infrastructure, and oversight remain weak. These conditions can – and often do – fuel paper mills, coercive citation policies, and other unethical behaviors.”
Maryam Sayab spoke to Frederik Joelving for Retraction Watch on Clarivate's involvement in Iraqi research awards being granted to individuals with known integrity concerns.
#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #Citations #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #Iraq #MENA #RetractionWatch
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“In my opinion, metric-based recognition without integrity screening can inadvertently legitimize problematic practices. That risk is particularly acute in environments where publication is tied to career progression but where research funding, infrastructure, and oversight remain weak. These conditions can – and often do – fuel paper mills, coercive citation policies, and other unethical behaviors.”
Maryam Sayab spoke to Frederik Joelving for Retraction Watch on Clarivate's involvement in Iraqi research awards being granted to individuals with known integrity concerns.
#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #Citations #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #Iraq #MENA #RetractionWatch
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“In my opinion, metric-based recognition without integrity screening can inadvertently legitimize problematic practices. That risk is particularly acute in environments where publication is tied to career progression but where research funding, infrastructure, and oversight remain weak. These conditions can – and often do – fuel paper mills, coercive citation policies, and other unethical behaviors.”
Maryam Sayab spoke to Frederik Joelving for Retraction Watch on Clarivate's involvement in Iraqi research awards being granted to individuals with known integrity concerns.
#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #Citations #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #Iraq #MENA #RetractionWatch
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“In my opinion, metric-based recognition without integrity screening can inadvertently legitimize problematic practices. That risk is particularly acute in environments where publication is tied to career progression but where research funding, infrastructure, and oversight remain weak. These conditions can – and often do – fuel paper mills, coercive citation policies, and other unethical behaviors.”
Maryam Sayab spoke to Frederik Joelving for Retraction Watch on Clarivate's involvement in Iraqi research awards being granted to individuals with known integrity concerns.
#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #Citations #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #Iraq #MENA #RetractionWatch
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It is 2025. And still it seems to be okay to publish about #OpenResearchInformation (ORI) behind a paywall?
That is only a tiny bitt less ironic than a closed access publication about open access.
Current example: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05347-6
Really, I do not understand why #Scientometrics does not flip. OpenAlex finds 121 articles there with #OpenAccess in abstract or title!
It's a pity, they even have a CfP on ORI, and in another journal I would love to submit.
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OA.Works is shutting down Open Access Button and InstantILL in November.
They recommend switching to Unpaywall as a replacement for OpenAccessButton.https://blog.oa.works/sunsetting-the-open-access-button-instantill/
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"OpenAlex Analytics alpha is paused." https://openalex.org/analytics
@OpenAlex has paused their Analytics Dashboard alpha because it's too expensive and they want to focus on the backend rewrite.
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[Veille] "Sorbonne Université : retrait du classement THE en 2026 ; « privilégier les bases de données ouvertes »" =>https://education.newstank.fr/article/view/411437/sorbonne-universite-retrait-classement-the-2026-privilegier-bases-donnees.html
#ESR #openscience #bibliometrics #scientometrics #opencitations #ranking #research #universities #opendata -
[Veille] : Booster la visibilité des publications scientifiques lorraines dans OpenAlex : mission accomplie => https://factuel.univ-lorraine.fr/article/booster-la-visibilite-des-publications-scientifiques-lorraines-dans-openalex-mission-accomplie/
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Just arrived in Granada for #ESSS2025.
Excited to learn more about #Scientometrics the next few days.
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Researcher @diegokoz.bsky.social analyzes citation methods at @bsc-cns.bsky.social, noting that strong connections in collaborative networks are the top indicator of citation frequency. #Citations #Bibliometrics #Scientometrics
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Looking forward to the conference - and to discuss the importance and implications of open research information for the STI community! #scientometrics #bibliometrics #researchassessment
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[Veille] #OpenAlex refond son socle technique ➡️ plus de cohérence Unpaywall/OpenAlex, curation possible, nouvel algo pr topics, nouveaux keywords, etc. : https://blog.ourresearch.org/were-rebuilding-openalex-while-its-running-heres-whats-changing/
#search #bibliometrics #scientometrics #opencitation #research #openscience #searchengines
