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  This new blog post by @EleonoraDagiene & Eduard Aibar focuses on how infrastructures shape the uncertainty in publication and recognition via comparing Spain and Lithuania. Read it here 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/who-absorbs-uncertainty-publishing-infrastructures-and-the-organisation-of-research-culture

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  🤝 How can we foster a collaborative, fair, and healthy research culture that enables researchers and research communities to do their best work? That's the question at the heart of the new 2026–2028 strategy for our Culture & Evaluation focal area, as explained in our latest blog post. 👇 Read it now on Leiden Madtrics https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/strengthening-research-cultures

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  Scientific collaboration across disciplines resembles a mosaic, with each piece contributing to a composition more coherent than its fragments. This diversity is widely seen as necessary for tackling complex problems, but does it also translate into scientific prestige? In our new blog post, Julian D. Cortés explores this question. Read the blog post here 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/the-mosaic-of-science-when-does-diversity-translate-into-prestige

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  The 2026–2028 strategic plan for the Engagement & Inclusion focal area at @cwts is published! Read the blogpost for an overview of their vision and strategic directions to foster inclusive knowledge systems that engage with societal needs and challenges. Read the blogpost here👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/focal-area-ei-post

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  🎓 Over the past few years, 'research culture' has become a key concept and an object of research governance, but what it means exactly often remains unclear. 🔎 In our new blog post, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner proposes a way for giving the concept greater analytical substance and proposes to consider research culture as a politics of uncertainty. https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/research-culture-as-a-politics-of-uncertainty

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  Caroline S. Wagner was a highly regarded scholar in the field of science and technology policy. In his obituary, Paul Wouters reflects on her impressive contributions to research on science policy, the globalization of research, international collaboration, and scientometrics. https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/in-memoriam-caroline-s-wagner

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  At CWTS, we see scholarly publishing as a collective responsibility. In the blog post on our Scholarly Communication Policy, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner. @parrhesiastic & @LudoWaltman reflect on this perspective, share our process for developing this policy, and aim to encourage other institutions to implement a similar approach. 📣 Read it here: https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/scholarly-communication-as-a-collective-responsibility

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  Citation counts have a prominent role in bibliometrics, but do they really represent all citations of a document? In our 🆕 blog post, Paul Donner shows the different ways in which they can vary and proposes a more nuanced way of presenting them: 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬. By making the underlying uncertainty explicit, citation count ranges can support a more responsible use of citation data. Read it here 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/the-case-of-citation-count-ranges

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  AI is rapidly reshaping scientific practice, but universities still lack clear governance frameworks for its responsible use. Our latest blog post by Laurens Hessels examines why universities must take an active role in regulating AI use in science and safeguarding research integrity, reliability, and independence. 👇 Read it now on https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/universities-must-act-now-to-regulate-ai-use-in-science

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  The 2026–2028 strategic plan for the Information & Openness focal area at @cwts is published! Read the blogpost for an overview of its vision and goals to advance the adoption of open research information in the coming years, coordinated by @kathleengregory, Mark Neijssel, and @neesjanvaneck 👏 👇 Read it now https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/advancing-open-research-information-the-next-three-years-of-the-information-openness-focal-area

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  Decentralisation is not enough: With many Twitter users moving to Mastodon, institutions should take responsibility and host their own Mastodon server, argue @vtraag, @jo_dudek, @EleonoraDagiene, @neesjanvaneck & @rodrigocostas https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/take-responsibility-for-social-media

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  In our latest blog post, @Wences and @rodrigocostas discuss the study of science on Wikipedia and its use in scientometric research @cwts https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/five-key-facts-to-consider-when-studying-science-on-wikipedia

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  As organizer of the STI 2023 conference, CWTS introduces two open science experiments. Read our latest blog post to learn more about it: https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/experimenting-with-open-science-practices-at-the-sti-2023-conference @cwts #STI2023 #openscience

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  In 2022, @cwts organised a series of open science seminars together with the research council of the Netherlands (NWO) and of Norway (RCN). This led to the creation of the Open Science Knowledge Platform. @andrebrasil reflects on building this platform and next steps to come. https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/open-science-knowledge-platform-a-journey-to-a-dynamic-resource

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  🆕The Evaluation & Culture focal area at CWTS focuses on the changing faces of research quality, scholarly communication, and research assessment. Want to know more about its agenda for the coming five years? Here is our new blog post 👇https://leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/transforming-research-culture-introducing-the-evaluation-culture-focal-area-at-cwts @cwts

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  🔓 Curious about #OpenScience practices at @cwts? 🔍 Let's take a look at how some of our scholars embrace OS in their daily work in our newest blog by @anaparroncab 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/walking-the-talk-a-peak-into-open-science-practices-at-cwts #OpenAccess #OpenData #ResearchCulture #CitizenScience

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  The @BarcelonaDORI highlights that research information systems should not only be open but also diverse and inclusive. In our new blog post, the authors argue that this can only be achieved by interlinking various and decentralised research information sources. #OpenScience With: Dominque Babini & Laura Rovelli from CLACSO, Arianna Becerril from Redalyc, Lautaro Matas from LA Referencia, and @rodrigocostas & @ismaelrafols from @cwts 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/not...

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  Back in 2022, the Scholars on Twitter dataset was launched. In this new blog post, @philippemongeon, Timothy D. Bowman, @rodrigocostas and @Wences update us on how they dealt with various challenges coming from the data providers in the meantime https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/an-update-on-the-scholars-on-twitter-dataset

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  In our newest blog post, @alyssonmazoni and @rodrigocostas discuss the importance of not only opening up information, but also democratising the access and use of it. They walk us through the steps they took in the InSySPo project to facilitate this https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/towards-the-democratisation-of-open-research-information-for-scientometrics-and-science-policy-the-campinas-experience

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  🚨 Science in the US faces major challenges, including attacks on diversity, equity & inclusion, and climate science. In our new blog post, CWTS’ focal areas respond and outline continuous efforts to improve how science is practiced, governed, and valued. 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/strengthening-science-through-diversity

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  In today's new blog post, Louise Bezuidenhout proposes the development of an #OpenScience Readiness Assessment Framework tool in line with the Dutch Strategy Evaluation Protocol to support research units in the long-term implementation of OS. 👇 Read it now https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/developing-an-open-science-readiness-assessment-framework-for-the-sep

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  Metric-driven research systems tend to persist because governance structures often matter more than metrics themselves. Our latest blog post by @EleonoraDagiene, @LudoWaltman, Guus Dix & @lariviev tackles this issue through the Lithuanian case 🇱🇹 👇 Read it now on Leiden Madtrics https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/insular-policy-feedback-why-reforming-metrics-alone-may-not-be-enough

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  Preprinting and open peer review at the @sti2023 conference: what can we learn from this #OpenScience experiment? The conference organisers conducted a survey among authors and present the results and further reflections in this new blog post. https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/preprinting-and-open-peer-review-at-the-sti-2023-conference-evaluation-of-an-open-science-experiment

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  Last blog post of the year! 🙂 In September 2023, not just one but two scientometrics-related events took place in Leiden: the @cwts Scientometrics Summer School and the @sti2023 conference. Our author Carlos Manuel Vilchez Román attended both events and reflects on his experience. https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/exploring-new-horizons-in-scientometrics-a-reflection-on-the-scientometrics-summer-school-and-sti-2023-conference

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  To accelerate the sharing of scientific knowledge, researchers increasingly publish their work on preprint servers. In our latest blog post, @LudoWaltman, Narmin Rzayeva and @stephenpinfield discuss the state of preprinting in Europe and the Netherlands. 👇 Read it now on Leiden Madtrics https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/the-state-of-preprinting-in-europe-and-the-netherlands

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  🎓 In our newest blog post, Tanya Lee and @anaparroncab explore how PhD trajectories at @universiteitleiden could better reflect the diverse activities, needs and expectations of PhD candidates and why this matters now. Read more here. 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/beyond-the-dissertation-reshaping-phd-trajectories-at-leiden-university

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  📄 Facing pressures to stay competitive, researchers publish ever more, often at the cost of quality. In our new blog post, guest author Sagartirtha Chakraborty shows how this strategic trap can be compared to a prisoner’s dilemma, explains how this situation is exacerbated by predatory journals, and outlines possible solutions. Read the blog post here 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/academic-publishing-stuck-in-a-prisoners-dilemma

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  📢 AI tools are rapidly becoming part of academia; therefore, transparency is urgently needed. In this new blog post, @serhii, Natalia Tsybuliak, Jaime A. Texeira da Silva & @yanasuchikova introduce GAIDeT - a practical taxonomy for declaring AI use in research and publishing. Read the blog post here 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/gaidet-a-practical-taxonomy-for-declaring-ai-use-in-research-and-publishing

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  📄 Generative AI (genAI) has become ubiquitous in research. Disclosing its use in publications can create transparency, but is that enough to count as responsible use of genAI? In response to an earlier blog post, our authors @AndreaRE_altibel and Peter Tarras argue that mere disclosure conceals fundamental ethical considerations around research integrity. Read the full blog post 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/why-ai-transparency-is-not-enough

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  📚 Crossref is a crucial source of open bibliographic metadata for articles published in scientific journals. However, it can also serve as a source of bibliographic metadata for preprints. In our new blog post, @neesjanvaneck and @LudoWaltman analyze the completeness of Crossref’s preprint metadata. 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/crossref-as-a-source-of-open-bibliographic-metadata-for-preprints