¡𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞! 🇨🇱 La Declaración de Barcelona participará en el Foro Ciencia Abierta de la Universidad de Playa Ancha, el 23 de junio. Paulina Peña (UDP,) @rodrigocostas.bsky.social (@cwts.nl) y Bárbara Rivera López conversarán sobre información de investigación abierta y evaluación científica.

We know who cites research. But do we know who funds it? 💰 Today, the Barcelona Declaration WG on Funding Metadata is publishing 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚: 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and a companion background document. 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026052...

🌎 The @multiobs.bsky.social at the University of Campinas, Brazil offers eight postdoctoral positions, led by our colleague @rodrigocostas.bsky.social. Find out more in the post below! 👇

Multi-Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Dynamics@multiobs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The IG-UNICAMP announces a call for eight post-doctoral positions funded by FAPESP in the context of the project MultiObs (multiobs.org) led by researcher Rodrigo Costas (CWTS - Leiden University). Access the link for information and application: www.multiobs.org/opportunitie...

Please apply to come work with me as a postdoctoral research on this fabulous international project! I will be co-leading WP5 - STI diplomacy and science-policy dynamics!

Multi-Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Dynamics@multiobs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The IG-UNICAMP announces a call for eight post-doctoral positions funded by FAPESP in the context of the project MultiObs (multiobs.org) led by researcher Rodrigo Costas (CWTS - Leiden University). Access the link for information and application: www.multiobs.org/opportunitie...

This is a great opportunity to work with a wonderful international team on topics related with Science and Technology Indicators! #scientometrics #bibliometrics

Multi-Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Dynamics@multiobs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The IG-UNICAMP announces a call for eight post-doctoral positions funded by FAPESP in the context of the project MultiObs (multiobs.org) led by researcher Rodrigo Costas (CWTS - Leiden University). Access the link for information and application: www.multiobs.org/opportunitie...

The #OpenAIREGraph joins #ORION, a coordinated effort to making #OpenResearch information combinable and actionable at scale, reducing duplication & easing pressure on #APIs. 🔗 Read more on @upstreamblog.bsky.social: doi.org/10.54900/2pn... 🔗 Learn more about ORION: orion-dbs.community

Sharing the load: Building a collective to support open research information online

Can we share resources and burdens to make available key open research information resources in actionable and connectable form in the cloud? Through sharing processes and systems, is it possible, ove...

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We are keen to coordinate with all who are interested in supporting a community effort towards availability and reusability. (including addressing issues around the Google-shaped 🐘 in the room!) Blogpost: doi.org/10.54900/2pn... Website: orion-dbs.community/blog/

🌌 Today, ORION was launched, an initiative to bring together Open Research Information (ORI) resources in a cloud-based solution. CWTS is involved with multiple colleagues, including our data science team. 💻 Check out the initiative's website and blog post! 👇

Rodrigo Costas@rodrigocostas.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Today we launch ORION: a coordinated initiative to make open research information more inclusive, accessible and democratic. Our experience with GoogleBigQuery support collaborative and community solutions for ORI infrastructures, increasing sustainability & resilience. doi.org/10.54900/2pn...

Today we launch ORION: a coordinated initiative to make open research information more inclusive, accessible and democratic. Our experience with GoogleBigQuery support collaborative and community solutions for ORI infrastructures, increasing sustainability & resilience. doi.org/10.54900/2pn...

Sharing the load: Building a collective to support open research information online

Can we share resources and burdens to make available key open research information resources in actionable and connectable form in the cloud? Through sharing processes and systems, is it possible, ove...

doi.org

Today we're starting ORION, an effort to coordinate making #openresearchinformation resources available, with an initial focus on Google BigQuery. We are keen to coordinate with all who are interested in supporting a community effort towards availability and reusability! doi.org/10.54900/2pn...

Sharing the load: Building a collective to support open research information online

Can we share resources and burdens to make available key open research information resources in actionable and connectable form in the cloud? Through sharing processes and systems, is it possible, ove...

doi.org

📣 Upcoming seminar: 'Social and epistemic inequalities in science: insights from a multi-method study of forest research', with Nelius Boshoff (Stellenbosch University) and Susanne Koch @tum.de. 📅 Friday, 5.12.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET) 📌 Online & at CWTS www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Social and epistemic inequalities in science: insights from a multi-method study of forest research

Inequalities in science have come under scrutiny in the last decade. Different strands of science studies, including scientometrics and sociological works, have examined geographic and gender inequali...

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1/2 📊 @cwtsnl.bsky.social published the 2025 release of its Leiden Ranking Open Edition: a real step toward open research information. Built on OpenAlex, it: • Uses transparent, reusable data • Includes national & regional publishing (not only “core” journals)...

CWTS | Leiden University@cwts.nl · 9mo ago

📊 The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 is online! 🎉 This time, we have released not one, but two editions: the Traditional Edition and the Open Edition. www.leidenranking.com

Very proud of the improvements made by the Leiden Ranking team to the Open Edition of the ranking. This demonstrates our commitment at CWTS to @barcelonadori.bsky.social and the open research information transition. Great work by @neesjanvaneck.bsky.social and the rest of the team!

CWTS | Leiden University@cwts.nl · 9mo ago

📊 The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 is online! 🎉 This time, we have released not one, but two editions: the Traditional Edition and the Open Edition. www.leidenranking.com

🔎 We invite you to take a look at the new release and explore all the innovations for yourself 👉 www.leidenranking.com

📊 The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 is online! 🎉 This time, we have released not one, but two editions: the Traditional Edition and the Open Edition. www.leidenranking.com

📊 Today, the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 has been released. The new Open Edition marks a next step towards more open and more inclusive research analytics for universities. Our new blog post highlights the most significant developments. 👇 Read it now on Leiden Madtrics

The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 - More open, more inclusive, more informative

The release of the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 marks a next step toward more open and more inclusive research analytics for universities. This post highlights the most significant developments.

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✒️ We have also written a blog post to explain the updates and their implications in more detail 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/the...

The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 - More open, more inclusive, more informative

The release of the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 marks a next step toward more open and more inclusive research analytics for universities. This post highlights the most significant developments.

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📰 Quantitative research on science communication requires suitable data. When it comes to academic press releases, that data is scarce. In a new paper, we introduce a dataset of more than 500,000 press releases published on @eurekalert.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

An open dataset of EurekAlert! press releases for science communication research - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - An open dataset of EurekAlert! press releases for science communication research

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🌏 This paper has been a collaboration between Jingwen Zhang from Ningbo University, @eomalea.bsky.social from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Alysson Fernandes Mazoni from the University of Campinas, and @rodrigocostas.bsky.social and me from @cwtsnl.bsky.social.

Want to be part of a conversation about geopolitics and Open Science? Why not join us in Leiden on the 6th of November for the workshop "Resilience in times of crisis". Registration open now (in person only). www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Resilience in times of crisis: Strengthening Open Science against geopolitical pressures

The success of the Open Science movement relies on research products and infrastructures being open, accessible and sustainably curated. Recent global events, however, have illustrated the vulnerabili...

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QSS is now accepting articles that have gone through independent, open peer review via MetaResearch Open Review (MetaROR). The authors of an article on tracking transformative agreements through open metadata shared their experiences using MetaROR's Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model:

The MetaROR Publish-Review-Curate Model: our experience as authors | Open Science NL

As professionals working in open science and scholarly communication reform, we believe in practicing what we preach. That’s why we recently chose to publish an article using the…

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💸 Our latest blog post describes how the research project “Tracking Research Funding Flows in the Global South” by @clacso.bsky.social, @cwts.nl & Siris Academic aims to make visible & analyze ways in which international science funding circulates. 👇 Read it now on Leiden Madtrics

Analysing research funding flows in the Global South

In a context marked by deep asymmetries in access to research resources, the research project “Tracking Research Funding Flows in the Global South” aims to make visible and analyze the ways in which i...

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🙏 A big thank you to our contributing authors: Matías Alcántara, Mariángela Nápoli, Judith Naidorf, @rodrigocostas.bsky.social & @ismaelrafols.bsky.social

Analysing research funding flows in the Global South

In a context marked by deep asymmetries in access to research resources, the research project “Tracking Research Funding Flows in the Global South” aims to make visible and analyze the ways in which i...

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👏 Thanks to our authors (Juan Pablo Bascur, @rodrigocostas.bsky.social, @suzanv.bsky.social), reviewers (@dwh.bsky.social, @essepuntato.bsky.social, Verena Weimer) & editors (@alexh.bsky.social, Kathryn Zeiler) for their contribution to (and trust in) MetaROR and the publish-review-curate model!

New preprint! 🚨 We study the interaction between misinformation and science on Twitter during COVID-19 based on ~407M tweets. Both science and misinformation featured prominently during the pandemic, but the interaction between the two has not been studied on this scale before. 🧵 (1/10)

Great news: At #Metascience2025 @wellcometrust.bsky.social just announced its signature of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information! Wellcome CEO John-Arne Røttingen made the important argument that open research information offers crucial evidence to support metascience. @cwts.nl

Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information@barcelonadori.bsky.social · last yr.

🤝 Welcome Wellcome! Wellcome Trust is the first UK funder to sign the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information. Their support strengthens the global push for open, reliable, and reusable research metadata. 👉 barcelona-declaration.org/signatories/ #OpenResearchInformation

Together with Fernanda Beigel, @cwtsleiden.bsky.social colleague @ismaelrafols.bsky.social offers a highly critical perspective on developments in open science. Worth a read!

Leiden Madtrics@leidenmadtrics.bsky.social · last yr.

🌏 In our latest blogpost, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Fernanda Beigel discuss whether open science actually fulfils its expectations of leading to more equity and improving research's societal impact. 👇 Read it now on Leiden Madtrics

🌏 In our latest blogpost, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Fernanda Beigel discuss whether open science actually fulfils its expectations of leading to more equity and improving research's societal impact. 👇 Read it now on Leiden Madtrics

The contested field of Open Science: a debate through the lens of inclusion

Most implementations of Open Science do not fulfil the expectations that Open Science will lead to more equity and improve the societal impact of research. We discuss these worrying trends through the...

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It took some time, but here it is! "The use of informetric methods to study diversity in the scientific workforce: A literature review" now in QSS 🛰️ w @torressalinas.bsky.social @carmencs.bsky.social @rodrigocostas.bsky.social & Z. Chinchilla 🎆 doi.org/10.1162/qss_... 🎆

The use of informetric methods to study diversity in the scientific workforce: A literature review

Abstract. This literature review examines the application of informetric methods to assess diversity within the scientific workforce, focusing on recent advances in author name disambiguation, researc...

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Excited to announce I've been appointed Executive Director of the Barcelona Declaration @BarcelonaDORI , (alongside my other consulting activities). We have funding for the next 3 years and will soon discuss the creation of a governance board […]