Leo Waaijers is Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS)

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"Smart alone, brilliant together"

Academic publishing is on the move. Dissatisfaction with the dominant publishing paradigm has given rise to a manifold of new ideas, projects and services. The time is ripe for consolidation of the most promising developments.

Anna van ‘t Veer, Thed van Leeuwen, Dan Rudmann, Leo Waaijers and Ludo Waltman • May 25, 2023

Experimenting with open science practices at the STI 2023 conference

As organizers of the STI 2023 conference, we introduce two open science experiments: We adopt a new publication and peer review process and we invite authors of conference contributions to reflect on their open science practices.

Ludo Waltman, Rong Ni, Kwun Hang (Adrian) Lai, Marc Luwel, Biegzat Mulati, Ed Noyons, Thed van Leeuwen, Leo Waaijers, Jian Wang and Verena Weimer • February 15, 2023

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