Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes
bslancho.bsky.social
Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes
@bslancho.bsky.social
Bibliometrician

Senior Lecturer at University of Brighton

Chair LIS Bibliometrics committee
🚨 Save the Date!

Join the free, hybrid #LISBibliometrics Conference 2025

📅 26 Nov 2025 | Leicester & Online

Theme: Bibliometrics in Action—practical tools & skills for research evaluation!

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Registration 2025
Registration is free and open to all! Simply fill out the following registration form. Get ready to explore the exciting world of bibliometrics with us! Registration Form We collect and use your pe…
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July 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Save the date!

The 2025 LIS-Bibliometrics Conference, Bibliometrics in Practice, is happening on 26 Nov in Leicester — free to attend in person or online.
Call for contributions coming soon!

More info: lisbibliometrics.wordpress.com/past-events/
Past Events
Past LIS-Bibliometrics Conferences LIS-Bibliometrics Conference 2024: Exploring the Bibliometric Universe LIS-Bibliometrics Conference 2022: Wrap-up blog post including links to recordings LIS-Bibl…
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May 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Se celebra en @universidadgranada.bsky.social el 14.º Congreso Internacional sobre Revistas Científicas.

Nuestro compañero @amdelvaz.bsky.social participó, con
@bslancho.bsky.social y A. Cabezas, tratando las anomalías de las revistas nacionales adquiridas por inversores internacionales #CRECS25
May 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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he presentado junto a Álvaro Cabezas y @bslancho.bsky.social la comunicación "Comportamientos anómalos de las revistas nacionales adquiridas por inversores internacionales: análisis evolutivo de patrones de autoría y ejes temáticos"
May 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Call for LIS Bibliometrics conference committee members

We are starting to organize a committee for the LIS Bibliometrics Conference 2025!!

If you are interested or have questions, please reach out to Andy Herzo ([email protected]) by February 7th.

thebibliomagician.wordpress.com/about/meet-t...
Meet the Committee
Meet the current members of the LIS-Bibliometrics committee. Dr. Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes (Chair) Dr. Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes is a Senior Lecturer in Data Analytics and Data Science at the U…
thebibliomagician.wordpress.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"Forensics Scientometrics (FoSci) is a forensic, data-driven effort to uphold scientific integrity and public trust in science."

Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) Paris Declaration

zenodo.org/records/1452...
Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) Paris Declaration
zenodo.org
December 29, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Would you be interested in working on bibliometrics?

This position may be a good fit for you

#bibliometrics

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Metrics Analyst
This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you an accomplished profession...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes
The citation black market: schemes selling fake references alarm scientists | Nature
Un marché noir des citations bibliographiques grâce auquel des scientifiques gonflent artificiellement l'impact de leurs publications... et leur réputation
#bibliometrics #scientometrics
The citation black market: schemes selling fake references alarm scientists
The ways in which researchers can artificially inflate their reference counts are growing. The ways in which researchers can artificially inflate their reference counts are growing.
www.nature.com
August 24, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Reposted by Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes
I am interested and seek collaboration for scientific writing on topics such as Metric Studies of Information, Scientometrics, History of Sciences, History of Scientific Information, History of Museums, History of Archives, History of Libraries and History of Geosciences. Let's talk? 🤗
December 1, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Hold the dates! The 29th Annual Conference for Science and Technology Conference will be held in Bristol, UK: 3-5 September.

Join us for robust discussions while chasing sun and Banksy in Bristol!

Theme will be Reconciliation of research and measurement.
December 3, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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The LIS Bibliometrics committee is aware of the community's training needs in bibliometrics. We have prepared a survey to identify training gaps. Based on your feedback, we will develop a training programme for next year.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#bibliometrics
Assessing Training Gaps in Bibliometrics: LIS Bibliometrics Community Feedback
This short survey aims to gather feedback from the LIS Bibliometrics community to identify training gaps in bibliometrics and research integrity. We seek to understand your current training experience...
docs.google.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Reposted by Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes
It is urgent that all authors retain at least part of the copyright. In Spain it is already mandatory for those financed with public funds, to be able to deposit the accepted version in institutional or thematic repositories. Metadata should always be open.
After Springer in 2022, now Elsevier forbids OpenAlex to store abstracts of Closed Access papers.

github.com/ourresearch/...

We think this is a worrying trend, hindering the discoverability of research. @relx.bsky.social Is this what you mean with 'Empowering Open Science' ?
do not store closed elsevier abstract · ourresearch/openalex-guts@b85b3bc
github.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes
Exclusive: New hijacking scam targets Elsevier, Springer Nature, and other major publishers

@abalkina.bsky.social has the scoop
Exclusive: New hijacking scam targets Elsevier, Springer Nature, and other major publishers
Until recently, journal hijackers do not appear to have targeted titles from big publishers, in part because their well-known website designs made such clones easy to detect. Typically, cloned vers…
retractionwatch.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:37 PM
The LIS-Bibliometrics committee is recruiting a new Secretary!
 
thebibliomagician.wordpress.com/about/meet-t...

If you are interested in joining, please could you reply to me by Monday 2 December, with a short statement (max 300 words) saying why you’d like to join the group.
Meet the Committee
Meet the current members of the LIS-Bibliometrics committee. Dr. Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes (Chair) Dr. Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes is a Senior Lecturer in Data Analytics and Data Science at the U…
thebibliomagician.wordpress.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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“Librarians are here to enable human capacity to flourish in our communities.” @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social at the #GreenLibraries conference
November 25, 2024 at 10:43 AM