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Nobel Laureates and the Economic Impact of Research: A Case Study
We ran data on the scientific publications of 37 laureates of the Nobel prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. The results showed that those laureates have produced knowledge that has been taken up in innovation more widely than the work of the average US or world scientist.
When Evaluating Research, Different Metrics Tell Us Different Things
Metrics from different sources are compared in two studies published as preprints. The research indicated that altmetrics, as currently framed, are significantly weaker indicators of research quality - as measured by expert peers’ assessments - than traditional metrics.
Granularity of Algorithmically Constructed Publication-Level Classifications of Research Publications: Identification of Topics
Granularity of Algorithmically Constructed Publication-Level Classifications of Research Publications: Identification of Topics
Automatic identification of topics from the classification of research publications.
Funders Should Mandate Open Citations
"Truly open scholarship also requires that bibliographic references be freely available for analysis and reuse", says David Shotton, co-director of OpenCitations.
Short-Termism in Science: Evidence from the UK Research Excellence Framework
Short-Termism in Science: Evidence from the UK Research Excellence Framework
Article documenting increases in research output quantity - accompanied by decreases in quality - near the time of government-set deadlines for university evaluations.
Open Science Database
Based on Crossref Data (2014-2017) - 42,339 Journals - 12 Million Articles - 36 Million Citations.
Reply to Arguelles and Arguelles-Prieto, "Are the Editors Responsible for Our Obsession with the Impact Factor?"
The Relative Influences of Government Funding and International Collaboration on Citation Impact
Authorship and Team Science
Ensuring appropriate credit and recognition in increasingly collaborative research involving multiple investigators and research groups.
The Science That's Never Been Cited
Nature investigates how many papers really end up without a single citation.
References and Citations for All
Scholars push for free access to online citation data, saying they need and deserve access to the reference data they helped create.
New Tools Track Article Buzz Online
“How’s my paper doing?” It’s such a simple question, and in today’s hyperconnected world it’s relatively easy to work out who’s reading and talking about your scientific publications. But are there conversations you might be overlooking?
Authorship and Citation Manipulation in Academic Research
Authorship and Citation Manipulation in Academic Research
Some scholars add authors to their research papers or grant proposals even when those individuals contribute nothing to the research effort.
Normalization of Zero-Inflated Data: An Empirical Analysis of a New Indicator Family and Its Use with Altmetrics Data
Normalization of Zero-Inflated Data: An Empirical Analysis of a New Indicator Family and Its Use with Altmetrics Data
Proposing and testing a new indicator, the Mantel-Haenszel quotient.
Elsevier References Dominate Those That Are Not Open at Crossref
Of all 956,050,193 references from journal articles stored at Crossref, 32.00% are from journal articles published by Elsevier, none of which are in the Crossref “Open” category, freely available for others to use.
Do Bibliometrics and Altmetrics Correlate With the Quality of Papers?
A large-scale empirical study based on F1000Prime, altmetrics, and citation data.
The Mystery Of The Study That's Been Cited 400 Times Despite Not Existing
An article has come to light that has been cited in nearly 400 academic studies and scientific papers. There’s just one problem: it doesn’t exist.
It's Time to Incentivise the Behaviours That Are Good for Research and Researchers
It's Time to Incentivise the Behaviours That Are Good for Research and Researchers
The importance of addressing researchers’ recognition and reward structures, arguing it is time to move to a system that uses metrics and indicators that incentivise the types of behaviours that are good for research and researchers.
The Mystery of the Phantom Reference: A Detective Story
Short summary of white paper that shows how sloppy writing and sloppy quality control lead to a non-existing article being cited nearly 400 times.
Scholarly Publications Beyond Pay-Walls: Increased Citation Advantage for Open Publishing
Scholarly Publications Beyond Pay-Walls: Increased Citation Advantage for Open Publishing
A clear citation advantage for open publishing with open available documents receiving twice as many citations.
65 out of the 100 Most Cited Papers Are Paywalled
The world’s most important research is inaccessible from the majority of the world.
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