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

Why coverage matters: Invisibility of agricultural research from the Global South may be an obstacle to development

To support development and sustainability in the Global South, contextual and locally appropriate knowledge on agriculture needs to be visible and accessible. Improving coverage in global open scholarly infrastructures can play a crucial role in increasing visibility.

Ismael Rafols, Madhan Muthu, Josep-Manuel Rodríguez-Gairín, Marta Somoza-Fernández and Cristóbal Urbano • July 21, 2023

Acknowledging the Difficulties: A Case Study of a Funding Text

Research on funding acknowledgments is in ascendance, with more data available and more studies done. Yet, there are specific challenges in accurately capturing this type of data. This blog post looks at a single publication's acknowledgment section in order to discuss several of these challenges.

Dan Gibson, Jeroen van Honk and Clara Calero-Medina • December 01, 2022

To Count or not to Count: How to Deal with Funding Acknowledgements

In this blog post we examine academic funding acknowledgements (FAs), and compare our FA database with that of Dimensions. Using a case study, we explore how FAs work, who they are for, and how we can improve FA practices.

Tobias Nosten, Clara Calero-Medina and Jeroen van Honk • December 15, 2021

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

Comparing bibliographic data sources: Q&A

Last week CWTS researchers Martijn Visser, Nees Jan van Eck, and Ludo Waltman published the paper 'Large-scale comparison of bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic'. In this post, the authors answer ten questions about their work.

Martijn Visser, Nees Jan van Eck and Ludo Waltman • May 29, 2020

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