"The Power of Visualizations"
Nice article on how you can use different types of visualizations to find information in the free SciX (Science Explorer) search engine. The Science Explorer is a digital library portal for astronomy, earth science, heliophysics, physics, & planetary science.
https://scixplorer.org/scixblog/scix-visualizations
Access SciX search tool:
https://scixplorer.org/
SciX search help PDF handouts:
https://scixplorer.org/scixhelp/handouts-scix/
I’ve just published a #PreprintReview of “Gaming the Metrics? Bibliometric Anomalies and the Integrity Crisis in Global University Rankings” on @prereview https://prereview.org/reviews/15772738
#UniversityRankings #ResearchIntegrity
#bibliometrics
We had another #INNBI meeting during #ISSI2025. As we say in #Ukraine as long as a Russian missile hasn’t hit your flat – you keep working.
We discussed national #bibliometrics infrastructures. I briefly presented the current Ukrainian requirements for national journals. Unfortunately, instead of improving the system, there is increasing pressure to weaken even what still remains.
Let’s defend transparency and citation-based evaluation – before we lose much more than just the data.
On my way home after two intense days at CWTS | Leiden University discussing data sources and indicators for bibliometric analysis. A huge thanks to Clara Calero Medina, Ludo Waltman and Vincent Traag for the inspiring conversations and useful tips that will soon be integrated into the Université de Lorraine #bibliometrics support services!
Open scholarly metadata is actually such a huge mess, especially for monographs, edited volumes, grey lit, i.e. anything that isn't an english STEM journal article.
Which actually explains so much about why the "metascience" scene is how it is....
The #INNBI project keeps gaining momentum — our third meeting just wrapped up with energy and shared purpose!
Partners from 
are working together to move open science, high-quality metadata, and responsible bibliometrics forward — grounded in national contexts, but globally connected.
Together, we’re building a future where research infrastructures are open, interoperable, and inclusive.
Project info: https://www.dzhw.eu/en/forschung/projekt?pr_id=756
Unlock the Power of Open Research Data!
Join our hands-on OpenAIRE Graph API Workshop on June 20, 14:00 – 16:00 CEST.
Limited to 30 participants for an interactive experience.
Dive into real-world applications on:
- Bibliometric analysis
- Scholarly discovery &
- Open Science monitoring
Register now: shorturl.at/QZVD2
This Wednesday, I'll be presenting part of my PhD research on the history of neuroscience in Argentina. The talk brings together scientometric analysis and qualitative research to explore how the field has taken shape, and the factors that influence it. Let me know if you're interested, I'd be happy to share the link
#neuroscience #STS #historyofscience #scientometrics #bibliometrics #Argentina
Release of selected and curated #OpenAlex data on German research institutions https://www.open-bibliometrics.de/posts/20250507-OpenDataRelease/ #bibliometrics
[Veille] déclinaison du BSO national par l'ANR : "Baromètre science ouverte de l’ANR : 88,6 % des publications en accès ouvert en 2024" => https://anr.fr/fr/actualites-de-lanr/details/news/barometre-science-ouverte-de-lanr-886-des-publications-en-acces-ouvert-en-2024/
#BSO #openscience #monitoring #assesment #openaccess #dashbording #bibliometrics
"Clarivate has announced that, from 2025 (2024 data), citations to and from retracted articles will no longer contribute towards the Journal Impact Factor." - Research Information
https://www.researchinformation.info/news/clarivate-removes-citations-to-and-from-retracted-articles-from-jif/
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
A new preprint examines 87M publications and 1.5B citations (1990–2023) via @OpenAlex & #Dimensions. While English still dominates (>85% in 2023), publication shares in Indonesian, Portuguese, and Spanish are growing - thanks to regional infrastructures like SciELO and OJS.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21100
English acts as both a bridge and a barrier: it facilitates global exchange but marginalizes non-English research.
A new study by Liu & Wang (2025) uncovers a shocking issue: millions of Scopus records have affiliation addresses but are labelled as "country-undefined."
https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.25011
Why does "USA" ≠ "United States"? How can "United Kingdom" get lost? A critical problem for research evaluation and policy decisions!
Time for Scopus to act! 
Our new bibliometric analysis on electrochemical etching and deposition reveals an interesting picture: today, #deposition dominates globally — it is a key technology for supercapacitors, electrocatalysis, and biosensors:
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3293/6/2/18
And in Ukraine? We still have strong traditions in #etching — a legacy from the Soviet-era school. It is a valuable heritage, but it's long past time to move forward.
Our #INNBI project just had its first official meeting — and it’s already taking off on the wings of scientific progress!
Bringing together partners from , we're building a network of national bibliometric infrastructures to share harmonized, curated data and elevate the visibility of diverse research systems.
Project info:
https://www.dzhw.eu/en/forschung/projekt?pr_id=756
Researchers' Fields of Research
This is an interesting bibliometric study done using Google BigQuery with Dimensions search engine data.
https://researchmusings.substack.com/p/researchers-fields-of-research
I just reviewed a paper. I sent a detailed 3 page critique, mostly of the Bayesian analysis used in the paper. Reviewer 1 wrote 2 sentences, "The current manuscript is a very well written". With reviewers like that, it's no wonder that science has problems. Too many papers are being submitted, so it's impossible to find competent reviewers.
I blame #bibliometrics.
MDPI as a corruption indicator? A new preprint shows a striking trend across Europe 
: more MDPI papers → higher perceived corruption → lower innovation.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06282v1
It’s not that MDPI = bad. But when it dominates, it signals a broken system chasing quantity over quality.
Ukraine? Not in the study, but we see the same rise of #MDPI. We could build better. Instead, we copy the worst.
Analyzing 16,193 LLM Papers for Fun and Profits
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the publication trend of LLM-related papers in 77 top-tier computer science conferences over the past six years (2019–2024).
