Monitoring Open Science in The Netherlands

Support for Open Science in the Netherlands has led to institutional programs across universities to promote open research practices. This blog post discusses a workshop where those program representatives met to explore opportunities for monitoring and evaluating Open Science within Dutch research.

Louise Bezuidenhout, Thed van Leeuwen and Francesca Morselli • February 19, 2025

Reusing data: bridging the distance between data consumers and producers

The development of open research data has generally been from the perspective of producers sharing data; we argue that it is vital to include the consumer perspective. In this blog post, we report insights gained from a workshop held in November 2024 exploring data reuse from different perspectives.

Kathleen Gregory, Femmy Admiraal, Pascal Flohr, Andrew S. Hoffman, Sarah Lippincott and Thed van Leeuwen • February 10, 2025

Benchmarking in research evaluations: we can do without it

The Strategy Evaluation Protocol (SEP) 2021-2027 proposes benchmarking as a method for evaluating research units. But what exactly does this entail and what are the risks? Our authors dive deeper into this topic and show what is possible and what to be careful about.

Thed van Leeuwen and Frank van Vree • January 30, 2025

Benchmarking bij onderzoeks-evaluaties: we kunnen zonder

Het Strategy Evaluation Protocol (SEP) 2021-2027 stelt benchmarking als een methode voor de evaluatie van onderzoekseenheden voor. Maar wat houdt dat precies in en wat zijn de gevaren daarbij? Onze auteurs duiken er dieper in en laten zien waar mogelijkheden liggen en wat je beter niet kan doen.

Frank van Vree and Thed van Leeuwen • January 30, 2025

Preprinting and open peer review at the STI 2023 conference: Evaluation of an open science experiment

At the STI 2023 conference, an experiment was performed with a more open approach to publication and peer review of conference submissions. In this post, the conference organisers present an evaluation of this experiment.

Ludo Waltman, Biegzat Mulati, Rong Ni, Jian Wang, Kwun Hang (Adrian) Lai, Marc Luwel, Ed Noyons, Thed van Leeuwen and Verena Weimer • December 18, 2023

"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

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

Halt the h-index

Using the h-index in research evaluation? Rather not. But why not, actually? Why is using this indicator so problematic? And what are the alternatives anyway? Our authors walk you through an infographic that addresses these questions and aims to highlight some key issues in this discussion.

Sarah de Rijcke, Ludo Waltman and Thed van Leeuwen • May 19, 2021 • 2 comments

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