Walking the talk: a peak into Open Science practices at CWTS

At CWTS, Open Science is a prominent topic, but what do we actually do about it? Ana Parrón Cabañero, PhD candidate at CWTS, interviewed colleagues and explored the integration of Open Science into mission and practice at the institute. Here, she reflects on her findings and links them to theory.

Ana Parrón Cabañero • April 08, 2024

Global reach, local insights: Using book ISBNs to map publishing behaviour

Hidden data hinders book evaluation. Analysing ISBNs in the Global Register of Publishers gains a powerful tool for bibliometrics, policy development, and nuanced book metrics.

Eleonora Dagiene • March 21, 2024

Has Open Access become a 'band-aid' for an historical 'innovation-gone-wrong'?

In this blog post, we examine key historical moments in research assessment, access to, and affordability of published research, to explain why Open Access and its economic models have become an incremental solution to a problem requiring a revolutionary change.

Alesia Zuccala, Lars Wenaas and Alberto Martin Martin • November 16, 2023

Make maps of research interactive, detailed and open!

Network maps are essential tools in quantitative research studies. In this blog post I argue for interactive maps that show both overview as well as details, are openly accessible, and based on open data. Such maps add value by providing more information, enhanced transparency and interpretability.

Peter Sjögårde • December 06, 2021

Practicing what we preach: Our journey toward open science

CWTS just published its open science policy. The development of this policy was coordinated by Thed van Leeuwen and Ludo Waltman. In this blog post, they reflect on the journey CWTS is making toward more open ways of working.

Thed van Leeuwen and Ludo Waltman • September 28, 2021

Bona Fide Journals - Creating a predatory-free academic publishing environment

Predatory journals pose a significant problem to academic publishing. In the past, a number of attempts have been made to identify them. This blog post presents a novel approach towards a predatory-free academic publishing landscape: Bona Fide Journals.

Leo Waaijers, Ludo Waltman, Saskia de Vries, Thed van Leeuwen and Nees Jan van Eck • March 02, 2021 • 3 comments

Publications should be FAIR

Scholarly data sets are increasingly expected to be FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable). To fully realize the benefits of open access to the scholarly literature, Ludo Waltman argues that publications should be FAIR as well.

Ludo Waltman • October 26, 2020

Systematize information on journal policies and practices - A call to action

Recently the creators of Transpose and the Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies convened an online workshop on infrastructures that provide information on scholarly journals. In this blog post they look back at the workshop and discuss next steps.

Willem Halffman, Serge Horbach, Jessica Polka, Tony Ross-Hellauer and Ludo Waltman • August 31, 2020 • 2 comments

Elsevier and the Dutch Open Science goals

The VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have announced a national deal that bundles Open Access and data services. Is the deal consistent with Dutch Open Science goals, and will undesirable platform effects be avoided?

Sarah de Rijcke • May 20, 2020 • 1 comment

open access

Blogs