Inaugural lectures by Sarah de Rijcke and Ludo Waltman

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Summary:

"Ludo [Waltman] started his inaugural lecture by discussing the improvements made to the indicators, algorithms, and software tools used by CWTS. He explained how these improvements have led to better ways in which scientometric methods support the evaluation of scientific research. Ludo then talked about contextualized scientometrics. In this new approach to scientometrics, scientometric analyses are made fully transparent, enabling a deep engagement of end users in the interpretation of the analyses. Ludo emphasized that contextualized scientometrics requires openly available scientometric data sources. Finally, Ludo called for higher levels of quantitative literacy to improve the way scientometric analyses are used to inform research policy. Improvements need to be made in research and education. In addition, Ludo stressed the importance of having realistic expectations from scientometric analyses."

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https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-r2x264

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oa.new oa.scientometrics oa.metadata oa.altmetrics oa.data oa.metrics oa.monitoring

Date tagged:

07/14/2019, 10:26

Date published:

07/14/2019, 06:26