Scientometric researchers, Drs. Giovanni Abramo and Andrea D’Angelo, discuss their recent study on Italy’s national accreditation system (ASN) and whether it incentivizes specialization or diversification of researchers’ portfolios. The results may surprise you! Imagine a world where scientists and researchers have to balance their passion for advancing knowledge with an ever-watchful eye on performance metrics.

We are excited to announce the 2024 LIS-Bibliometrics annual conference! “Exploring the Bibliometric Universe” When: Thursday, September 12, 2024 (one-day event) Where: University of Brighton, UK Cost: Free Please save the date if you are interested in attending.

J effrey Demaine a Canadian Bibliomatrician reflects on the 28th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy in Gothenburg, Sweden, providing a thoughtful summary of the state of the field in the EU. In October 2023, I attended the 28th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Authors Maddie Hare, Heather Woods, Isabelle Dorsch, Carey Ming-Li Chen, and Stefanie Haustein, discuss their groundbreaking work on the Metrics Literacies Project.

We are delighted to share some news about our next conference with the bibliometrics community. While we were initially planning to hold our annual conference this year, we’ve decided to take a bold leap and make it even better by hosting it both online and in person next year.

Start a conversation about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the research landscape with LIS-Bibliometrics Committee members, Sheila Craft-Morgan and Nicola Wylie, LIS-Bibliometrics EDI Officers, and invited guest Janne Pölönen, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. Registration : https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fa1367c9-b942-427d-b791-583350cb501f@9c9bcd11-977a-4e9c-a9a0-bc734090164a Event

Rachel Miles, lead author of the guide, discusses some key points from the new Using Altmetric Data Responsibly guide , which is now added to the collection of Responsible Use Guides from the LIS-Bibliometrics Community.

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. This blog post originally appeared on Leiden Madtrics and has been reposted here for redistribution and sharing purposes. The CWTS Leiden Ranking has always been a bit different from other university rankings.

Liam Bullingham and Nicola Wylie report on an event focusing on the individual signers of DORA. Let’s focus on people Recent discussion on DORA mostly concerns the 2,800 organisations (e.g. universities, funders or publishers) which have signed, not the 20,000 individuals.

Our 2022 Conference took place online on 5 and 12 October. If you missed it or want to re-watch a session you can do so on our Zenodo channel: https://zenodo.org/communities/lis-bibliometrics/  ‘Measuring What Matters’ Our conference theme aimed to explore responsible and values-driven uses of metric indicators in research assessment.

Dennis Donathan, a Research Assistant and Data Scientist for the Public Knowledge Project, discusses a recent study he conducted on Reddit users’ engagement with research outputs. His research showed that although Reddit is not typically the focus of altmetrics research, the platform can act as an informative and valuable tool in altmetrics research.