Opening the black box of university rankings Today two university rankings were released, one by CWTS and one by Times Higher Education. Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck, responsible for the CWTS Leiden Ranking, use this occasion to discuss the importance of transparency of rankings. Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck • October 09, 2024
Launch of the CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition 2024 Earlier this year CWTS published the first Open Edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking. Today the Leiden Ranking Open Edition 2024 was launched. In this post, Nees Jan van Eck and colleagues discuss the latest developments around the Open Edition of the Leiden Ranking. Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman and Mark Neijssel • October 09, 2024
Introducing the Leiden Ranking Open Edition This post introduces the Open Edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking, published today by CWTS in collaboration with the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative, Sesame Open Science, and OurResearch. The Leiden Ranking Open Edition is the first fully transparent university ranking. Ludo Waltman, Nees Jan van Eck, Martijn Visser, Mark Neijssel, Lucy Montgomery, Cameron Neylon, Bianca Kramer, Kyle Demes and Jason Priem • January 30, 2024
Opening up the CWTS Leiden Ranking: Toward a decentralized and open model for data curation Today, CWTS released the Open Edition of the Leiden Ranking. This blog post discusses the data curation approach taken in this fully transparent edition of the Leiden Ranking. Nees Jan van Eck, Martijn Visser and Ludo Waltman • January 30, 2024
The Leiden Ranking goes beyond ranking Today the CWTS Leiden Ranking and the INORMS More Than Our Rank initiative announce a new partnership, aimed at highlighting the accomplishments of universities beyond what is captured in university rankings. Elizabeth Gadd, Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck • September 27, 2023
Indicadores responsables y posiciones en rankings. ¿Qué significa una posición en el Leiden Ranking? [Spanish blog post] El Leiden Ranking de Universidades 2023 ha sido publicado. En este post, explicamos lo que los indicadores del ranking dicen y lo que no dicen. Andrea Reyes Elizondo and Clara Calero-Medina • June 27, 2023
The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2023 Today CWTS releases the 2023 edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking. In this post, the Leiden Ranking team provides an update on ongoing developments related to the ranking. Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman, Zeynep Anli, Clara Calero-Medina, Dan Gibson, Mark Neijssel, Andrea Reyes Elizondo, Martijn Visser, Henri de Winter and Alfredo Yegros • June 21, 2023
Where do scholars move? Measuring the mobility of researchers across academic institutions The mobility of scientific human capital is a key channel for exchanging ideas and disseminating scientific knowledge. In this blog post, we demonstrate how scientometrics can help trace mobility patterns at the institutional level, using the Dimensions database. Vít Macháček, Márcia R. Ferreira, Nicolás Robinson-García, Martin Srholec and Rodrigo Costas • September 03, 2020
A-TEAM: A stands for a very challenging job As the A-TEAM, we thoroughly evaluate the data we collect, and aim to provide a consistent and transparent curation. What we do could also be described as that of a detective/archeologist/archivist: through bits and pieces of data we seek to unravel the scientific landscape. Zeynep Anli, Clara Calero-Medina and Andrea Reyes Elizondo • July 09, 2020