#scientometrics — Public Fediverse posts

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲:
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/908182259/china-india-and-iran-among-the-fastest-rising-scientific-nations-according-to-2025-scholargps-rankings

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:
https://scholargps.com/country-ranking-chart
#ScholarGPS #Science #Research #Rankings #Scientometrics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

#OpenScience #Scientometrics

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.

#OpenScience #Scientometrics

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.

#OpenScience #Scientometrics

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.

#OpenScience #Scientometrics

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.

#OpenScience #Scientometrics

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

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.

#Scientometrics #AcademicWriting #Bibliometrics

Great research about Academic #favoritism at work: insider bias in 🇹🇷 Turkish national journals:

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04355-0

"The findings show that insiders not only publish in large numbers in their affiliated institutions’ journals, but also do so at significantly faster speeds. Specifically, 4938 (29.79% of) papers have at least one insider author, and they are accepted 41.5 days faster than the average outsider submission".

#scientometrics #editorial #journals

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

Do researchers from prestigious universities have an unfair advantage in securing research funding? 📊 A new study on China's #NSFC grants confirms the #MatthewEffect — the rich get richer in academia:

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05278-2

Should funding be prestige-blind? 🤔 I'd advocate for anonymized applications to prevent institutional bias.

#ScienceFunding #AcademicInequality #Scientometrics #UniversityPrestige

Being a "Highly Cited Researcher" has gone from a sign of having impact as a researcher to a potential indicator of misconduct.

"Manipulations have been so obvious and large that, in 2024, over 2,000 researchers were removed from a HCR list containing some 6,600 names." - Lauranne Chaignon

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/05/13/is-the-list-of-highly-cited-researchers-losing-credibility/

#ResearchImpact #HighlyCitedResearchers #Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchAssessment #Citations #CitationManipulation #CitationScience #ScientificMisconduct #ImpactOfSocialSciences

“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.

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/10/31/exclusive-clarivate-web-of-science-involved-dubious-awards-iraq/

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #Citations #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #Iraq #MENA #RetractionWatch

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

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?

#Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation #Bibliometrics

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

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

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

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

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

#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

📄 https://doi.org/10.1162/QSS.a.397

#WomenInScience

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!

https://openalex.org/works?page=1&filter=primary_location.source.id:s148561398,title_and_abstract.search:%22open+access%22

It's a pity, they even have a CfP on ORI, and in another journal I would love to submit.

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/
#Scientometrics

"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.
Hopefully, they'll continue their work in the future! I really liked their interactive query writing interface.

#bibliometrics #scientometrics #openscience

[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/
#openscience #opencitations #opendata #bibliometrics #scientometrics

Just arrived in Granada for #ESSS2025.
Excited to learn more about #Scientometrics the next few days.
https://esss.info/

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

BSC-CNS (@bsc-cns.bsky.social)

Looking forward to the conference - and to discuss the importance and implications of open research information for the STI community! #scientometrics #bibliometrics #researchassessment

[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

📣 Starting today: Science Maps. Bibliometrics between understanding and visualization

Together with Marcus John, I organize a small series on science mapping for our workgroup "WG Visualization" at Competence Network Bibliometrics. We hop to gether traditional, current, and critical perspectives on one of the most established and iconic forms of visualizing data in #Bibliometrics and #NetworkAnalysis.

More talks will be announced soon!

Today, Katy Börner will kickoff our series with a presentation about "Mapping and Modeling Science, Technology, and Education". You can find further info and registration under the following link:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kb-open-research-seminar-mapping-modeling-science-bibliometrie-s0ore

#vosviewer #Scientometrics #Gephi #DataVisualization #DataViz #Informetrics #STI2025 #Bibliometrie #ResearchAssessment

At #ISSI2025, Mike Thelwall suggested that the Leiden Manifesto should be updated to reflect the rise of large language models (LLMs) in research assessment.

👉 https://issi2025.iiap.sci.am/proceedings/ (P. 71-80)

He proposed four new principles — calling for transparent prompts, awareness of #LLM instability, cost-benefit considerations, and a reminder that LLM scores are not evidence of scientific contribution.

#Scientometrics #ResponsibleMetrics #OpenScience #ImpactFactor

Our dialogue with Vasyl Cernat regarding Romania's evaluation reform continues in the pages of #Scientometrics. Dr. Cernat argues that MDPI’s practices - such as inflated impact factors, an abundance of special issues, low rejection rates, and rapid manuscript processing times - raise questions about the quality of 🇷🇴 publications:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-05187-w

#ImpactFactor #ResearchPolicy #ResearchFunding #MDPI #journals #Romania

The authors analysed 1,899 highly cited papers from 2014-2018 (WoS) in media, communication, advertising, PR, and marketing and found that:

🐦 Titles containing catchphrases had lower view counts and no impact on citation numbers

🌍 Titles mentioning specific geographic locations had both lower view counts and fewer citations

📣 The presence of a colon in the title was associated with higher usage and citation rates!

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-05152-7

#Scientometrics #catchphrase #citation #media

A useful article in #Scientometrics about 🇹🇷 national journals, about how editors publish articles by their colleagues from the same institution:

📄 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04905-0

Of course, we all suspect that this kind of thing exists, but it's not enough to suspect, you need to be able to collect and present evidence! 💪

#insider #editorial #nepotism #qualification #productivity

[Veille] Larousse, David. « Publications scientifiques : comment booster ses citations pour s’acheter une bonne réputation ». Le Monde, 4 septembre 2024. https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2024/09/04/publications-scientifiques-comment-booster-ses-citations-pour-s-acheter-une-bonne-reputation_6304083_1650684.html

#fakecitations #integrity #research #evaluation #bibliometrics #scientometrics #scienceonscience

[Veille] Larousse, David. « Publications scientifiques : comment booster ses citations pour s’acheter une bonne réputation ». Le Monde, 4 septembre 2024. https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2024/09/04/publications-scientifiques-comment-booster-ses-citations-pour-s-acheter-une-bonne-reputation_6304083_1650684.html

#fakecitations #integrity #research #evaluation #bibliometrics #scientometrics #scienceonscience

[Veille] Larousse, David. « Publications scientifiques : comment booster ses citations pour s’acheter une bonne réputation ». Le Monde, 4 septembre 2024. https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2024/09/04/publications-scientifiques-comment-booster-ses-citations-pour-s-acheter-une-bonne-reputation_6304083_1650684.html

#fakecitations #integrity #research #evaluation #bibliometrics #scientometrics #scienceonscience

[Veille] Larousse, David. « Publications scientifiques : comment booster ses citations pour s’acheter une bonne réputation ». Le Monde, 4 septembre 2024. https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2024/09/04/publications-scientifiques-comment-booster-ses-citations-pour-s-acheter-une-bonne-reputation_6304083_1650684.html

#fakecitations #integrity #research #evaluation #bibliometrics #scientometrics #scienceonscience