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CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsnl.bsky.social · 5d

🎙️ "Are we nearly there yet?"

Our colleague @alexrushforth.bsky.social joined the very first episode of the podcast series Fairly Recognised by the Dutch Recognition and Rewards programme to discuss the role of academics in research evaluation.

Tune in! 👉 sanlifaez.substack.com/p/are-we-nea...

Are we nearly there yet?

Six years into the national recognition and rewards program, and with all the support from the top management, can we talk of a behavior change on the work-floor?

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CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsnl.bsky.social · 6d

🗣️Join our colleagues @loubezuidenhout.bsky.social & @kathleen-gregory.bsky.social for an 'unconferenced style' workshop on strengthening #OpenScience against geopolitical pressures.

📅Thursday 6 November 2025 09:00-18:30 (CET)
📌Leiden NL (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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Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @barcelonadori.bsky.social · 7d

1/2 Honoured to be shortlisted for the Leo Waaijers Open Science Award 🏆✨

This recognises our work toward open, trusted, high-quality research information

Thanks to @ludowaltman.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social @cwtsnl.bsky.social), @msphelps.bsky.social & Cameron Neylon for shaping the vision

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 10d

Very much looking forward to this event!

@metaror.bsky.social @asapbio.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social @cwts.nl

Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 10d

Publish, Review, Curate: Turning scholarly publishing on its head

Register now for our in-person event in Cambridge on December 3rd co-organised by the Open Research team at Cambridge and @coar-repositories.bsky.social. Full programme to follow!

Publish, Review, Curate: Turning scholarly publishing on its head

Tired of long delays, expensive fees, and a lack of transparency about editorial decisions when publishing your articles? Join us at Cambridge University on December 3rd for an in-depth discussion …

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to work with a wonderful group of international colleagues to promote openness of publication metadata in negotiations with publishers!

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Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @barcelonadori.bsky.social · 11d

1/3 Launching the BD/OA2020 Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata.
We will work on: framework & clauses · tools/templates · pilots · capacity-building.

Read: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025100...
and: oa2020.org/2025/10/02/b...

#OpenResearchInformation #OpenScience

Barcelona Declaration and OA2020 launch Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata

We are excited to announce the launch of a Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata, established in partnership between the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information a...

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 18d

We need good practices for DOI registration for publish-review-curate platforms like @metaror.bsky.social and others.

@andre-brasil.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about this: doi.org/10.64000/76j...

Together with @crossref.bsky.social we hope to receive input from the community on this issue!

Innovation in scientific publishing and its implications for Crossref DOI registration practices - Request for input - Crossref

Lots of exciting innovations are being made in scientific publishing, often raising fundamental questions about established publishing practices. In this guest post, Ludo Waltman and André Brasil disc...

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CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsnl.bsky.social · 22d

🎉 On Monday, 13 October at 4 pm (CEST), our colleague @utawehn.bsky.social will deliver her inaugural lecture "Making Participation Matter? Citizen Science for Sustainability and Governance".

👥 You can join the livestream or attend in person.

Register here 👉 universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Making Participation Matter? Citizen Science for Sustainability and Governance

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 23d

Very excited about the partnership between @barcelonadori.bsky.social and @oa2020.org to work together on advancing openness of publication metadata in publisher negotiations!

Interested to learn more? Join next Thursday's OA2020 webinar.

Registration: eu02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Moving OA Forward Focus Sessions: The relevance of Open Research Information. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the mee...

Key research data and analytics—such as publication metadata, citation counts, and funding information—are often locked behind paywalls, creating a “black box” that limits transparency, accountability...

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CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsnl.bsky.social · 26d

📣 The first research seminar of the season! Madhan Muthu will talk about "Open access in India: A trajectory of opportunities, missteps, and future potential".

🎧 Make sure to join!

📅 Friday, 26.9.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CEST)
📌 Online & at CWTS

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Open access in India: A trajectory of opportunities, missteps, and future potential

Open access (OA) has become inevitable in global scholarly communication, yet its development in India reflects a mix of progress, setbacks, and untapped potential. This talk will examine the global r...

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Sep 13

Our @cwts.nl PhD candidate Narmin Rzayeva chose to submit her most recent article, co-authored with @stephenpinfield.bsky.social and me, to MetaROR. The article presents an analysis of the adoption of preprinting across disciplines and regions.

Glad to see the feedback provided by two reviewers!

MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Sep 3

⌛ How is preprinting adopted over time across disciplines and regions? Our latest article attempts to answer this.

The reviewers praised the comprehensive analysis & clear presentation, while requesting more background information & addressing data availability issues.

👇 Read it now on MetaROR

Adoption of Preprinting Across Scientific Disciplines and Geographical Regions (1991-2023)

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 10

📢 New RoRI paper out in Science & Technology Studies

The study explores how 8 research funders navigate the ambiguous role of “excellence” - not simply as a matter of fact, but increasingly as a matter of concern requiring reconfiguration: sciencetechnologystudies.journal.fi/article/view...

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Much of what shapes a scientific paper never sees the light of day."

RoRI's André Brasil writes about MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) and opening the black box of peer review in the inaugural issue of REACH by @sci-integrity.com: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...

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Leiden Madtrics @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social · Aug 25

📢 Transparency in AI use in academia is urgently needed. In this blog post, @serhiinazarovets.bsky.social, Natalia Tsybuliak, Jaime A. Texeira da Silva & @yanasychikova.bsky.social introduce GAIDeT - a practical taxonomy for declaring AI use in research.

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GAIDeT: a practical taxonomy for declaring AI use in research and publishing

Transparency of AI use in academia matters for authors, editors, reviewers, readers and repository moderators. This blog post introduces GAIDeT, a taxonomy for the structured disclosure of Generative ...

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Leiden Madtrics @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social · Aug 14

📄 Facing pressures to stay competitive, researchers publish ever more, often at the cost of quality. Sagartirtha Chakraborty
shows how this situation compares to a prisoner’s dilemma, explains the connection with predatory journals, and outlines solutions.

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Academic publishing – stuck in a prisoner’s dilemma?

Facing pressures to stay competitive, researchers publish ever more, often at the cost of quality. Our author shows how this strategic trap can be compared to a prisoner’s dilemma, explains how this s...

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Leiden Madtrics @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social · Aug 12

📝 Today, the team behind the GLOBAL reporting guideline invites researchers who are preparing or reviewing a bibliometric article to take part in a pilot test of the guideline.

👇 Find more information in the article below

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Making bibliometric reporting more transparent and consistent: Participants needed for pilot testing of GLOBAL

The team behind the GLOBAL reporting guideline invites researchers who are preparing or reviewing a bibliometric article to take part in a pilot test of the guideline.

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CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsnl.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎓 Our colleague Thed van Leeuwen has been invited for the “Research Quality and Open Science” fellowship programme by @berlinualliance.bsky.social, together with @lizziegadd.bsky.social from @lborouniversity.bsky.social.

🥂 Congratulations!

www.berlin-university-alliance.de/en/items/202...

Berlin University Alliance promotes sustainable research practices: Dr. Elizabeth Gadd and Prof. Dr. Thed van Leeuwen receive fellowships for commitment to research quality and open science

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Jul 22

Open science is one of our key areas of expertise at @cwts.nl. Very glad that we can use our expertise in this area to develop an open science monitoring framework for the Netherlands!

We will work on this together with colleagues at Dialogic.

Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · Jul 21

I'm very pleased to announce that @cwts.nl and Dialogic will develop an Open Science monitoring framework and prototype dashboard for the Netherlands in the coming 2 years.

@opensciencenl.bsky.social has selected the consortium through a European tender (outlined OSNL 2024–2025 work programme).

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Leiden Madtrics @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social · Jul 22

💸 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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CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsnl.bsky.social · Jul 21

We were very happy to learn that our partnership with Dialogic innovatie & interactie has been selected for the Open Science Monitoring and Evaluation project!

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Open Science NL @opensciencenl.bsky.social · Jul 21

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We are very pleased to announce that @cwts.nl and Dialogic will develop an Open Science monitoring framework for the Netherlands!
@opensciencenl.bsky.social has selected the consortium through a European tender to lead the Monitoring & Evaluation project.

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Jul 17

My PhD candidate Juan Pablo Bascur submitted one of his papers to MetaROR. The reviews of his paper have now been published on the platform.

Very glad to see early-career researchers embracing new approaches to scientific publishing!

MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · Jul 16

Today's MetaROR paper discusses "the use of document data networks to control the topic clustering of a science map" with "rigorous methodology" & "careful presentation".

Reviewers consider it "a valuable contribution to the literature", and provide the authors detailed feedback.

👇 Read on MetaROR

Use of diverse data sources to control which topics emerge in a science map

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Jul 17

Very happy with the participation of @cwts.nl in the COMET initiative!

cometadata @cometadata.bsky.social · Jul 17

New on the blog, Organizer @neesjanvaneck.bsky.social Nees Jan van Eck from @cwts.nl explains why CWTS is passionate about enriching #metadata and participating in COMET. A must-read!

👉 www.cometadata.org/blog/cwts

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cometadata @cometadata.bsky.social · Jul 17

New on the blog, Organizer @neesjanvaneck.bsky.social Nees Jan van Eck from @cwts.nl explains why CWTS is passionate about enriching #metadata and participating in COMET. A must-read!

👉 www.cometadata.org/blog/cwts

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today I had the pleasure to be a panelist in the session 'moving beyond journals' at the @royalsociety.org Future of Scientific Publishing conference.

I argued that scientific publishing is going through a transformation addressing the challenges of openness, curation and meaningful dialogue.

Three challenges for scientific publishing

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Jul 13

The conference finally offered opportunity for MetaROR team to get together.

I had nice dinner with Kathy Zeiler, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social, @aidybarnett.bsky.social, @alexh.bsky.social, @andre-brasil.bsky.social.

Feeling privileged to work with such great team! cms.metaror.org/about-our-te...

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · Jul 13

Very grateful to all colleagues in the metascience community who dropped by at the @metaror.bsky.social stand at the recent #Metascience2025 conference. Glad to see the overwhelming interest in the MetaROR platform!

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@rorinstitute.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social @cwts.nl

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