Reposted by Lutz BornmannNicolas Alarcon @nalarcon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026chercher un ou une scientifique et écouter sa production académique. Vous pouvez même télécharger la piste pour la passer dans vos meilleurs DJ set ! #bibliométronomie 022
Reposted by Lutz BornmannResearch on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Is science losing its disruptive edge, or is the metric flawed? @scurry.bsky.social and @ludowaltman.bsky.social look at the debate over measuring scientific disruption and make the case for fully open metadata and modern peer engagement: researchonresearchinstitute.substack.com/p/disruption...researchonresearchinstitute.substack.comDisruption eruptionDispute about the validity of a metric for scientific innovation highlights the need for open research approaches in metascience 164
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026MIDI files from SoniMet can be further processed with DAWs such as Ableton Live. Here you can find, for example, the sonified performances of Nobel laureates: karhide.bandcamp.com/album/the-so...karhide.bandcamp.comThe Sound of Nobel Laureate Research, by Karhide14 track album 010
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We have released SoniMet (sonimet.kennebec.co.uk), which allows publication data from individual scientists to be visualized and sonified. If you'd like to download your scientific performance as a piece of music, give it a try. You can find our paper about the tool here: arxiv.org/abs/2608.30274sonimet.kennebec.co.ukSoniMet - Interactive Sonification & Academic AnalyticsExplore and listen to academic careers. Translate scholar data from OpenAlex into beautiful interactive vertical timelines and custom audio chimes. 031
Reposted by Lutz BornmannSerhii Nazarovets @serhiinazarovets.bsky.social · 16/08/2026An interesting paper by @lutzb.bsky.social and António Osório on incentives, competition, and undesirable practices in science. Metrics or no metrics? 🙅♂️A better question is: what kind of behaviour does an evaluation system make rational? doi.org/10.1038/s443... #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics 021
Reposted by Lutz BornmannLSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026What does scientific progress sound like? Tim Waterfield and @lutzb.bsky.social create a novel approach to visual data representation: sonification using CDI data to explore how listening to the data can provide a more nuanced picture @lseimpactblog.bsky.socialblogs.lse.ac.ukWhat does scientific progress sound like? - LSE ImpactIs science becoming less innovative and disruptive? Listening to the data could provide more nuanced answers. 031
Reposted by Lutz BornmannJeffrey Brainard @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social · 08/06/2026As submissions to scientific journals continue to climb, it’s becoming more time-consuming to find ones that may offer truly novel ideas. This U.K. competition is paying the winner £300,000 for suggesting how AI could help. #peerreview #scicomm @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgHow novel is that research paper? Competition to quantify concept crowns winnerThe automated tool could be used to help journals vet submissions 0287
Reposted by Lutz BornmannAliakbar Akbaritabar @akbaritabar.bsky.social · 12/02/2026This was a joyful collaboration with @rhaunschild.bsky.social and @lutzb.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Lutz BornmannMetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Our latest article argues that citation noise "represents an [...] underexplored challenge in citation analysis". Reviewers appreciate the fresh/innovative approach but question its conceptual underpinning: can citation accuracy be determined objectively? 👇 Read the assessment, reviews & full textmetaror.orgCitation accuracy, citation noise, and citation bias: A foundation of citation analysis - MetaROR 176
Reposted by Lutz BornmannAliakbar Akbaritabar @akbaritabar.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Very glad to see this collaborative work w/ Robin Haunschild and @lutzb.bsky.social published in Journal of Informetrics "A study of gender and regional differences in scientific mobility and immobility among researchers identified as potentially talented" Open Access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jo... 143
Reposted by Lutz BornmannSerhii Nazarovets @serhiinazarovets.bsky.social · 17/10/2025The recent debate in JoI highlights a key issue often ignored in evaluation: doi.org/10.1016/j.jo... When all publication types are counted, normalized #metrics become inconsistent and misleading. But once we restrict the analysis to articles and reviews, correlations rise sharply. #bibliometrics 022
Reposted by Lutz BornmannLars Lott @larslott.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Is research performance related to academic freedom? A preprint co-authored with @lutzb.bsky.social conducts a large-scale empirical analysis on the national level to this question. osf.io/2mh8f #academicfreedom #AcademicFreedomIndex Short 🧵 188
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/29/g...scholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgGuest Post – Metrics Sonification of Team Size Effects on Disruptive Research - The Scholarly KitchenData sonification is the process of translating data into sound. Here, Lutz Bornmann and Christian Leibel present the sonified results of a recent analysis of the impact of scientific team size on inn... 001
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025doi.org/10.48550/arX...doi.orgIntroducing multiverse analysis to bibliometrics: The case of team size effects on disruptive researchAlthough bibliometrics has become an essential tool in the evaluation of research performance, bibliometric analyses are sensitive to a range of methodological choices. Subtle choices in data selectio... 010
Reposted by Lutz Bornmannbibliometraf.bsky.social @bibliometraf.bsky.social · 30/05/2025How similar are field-normalized citation impact scores obtained from OpenAlex and three popular commercial databases? An empirical comparison based on large German universities. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comHow similar are field-normalized citation impact scores obtained from OpenAlex and three popular commercial databases? An empirical comparison based on large German universities - ScientometricsOpenAlex is a freely available bibliographic database that can be used for bibliometric studies. In this study, we compared certain field-normalized citation scores (NCS) from OpenAlex with those from... 002
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 22/05/2025www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comAre groundbreaking science discoveries becoming harder to find?Researchers are arguing over whether ‘disruptive’ or ‘novel’ science is waning – and how to remedy the problem. 010
Reposted by Lutz BornmannIsidro F. Aguillo @isidroaguillo.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Prof Gunnar Sivertsen (NIFU, Norway) has been awarded the Derek de Solla Price Medal 2025 of the international journal Scientometrics. The awarding ceremony will take place during the 20th ISSI Conference in Yerevan (Armenia) to be held on 23–27 June 2025. www.issi-society.org/awards/derek...issi-society.orgDerek de Solla Price Memorial Medal | International Society for Scientometrics and InformetricsThe International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics (ISSI) is an international association of scholars and professionals active in the interdisciplinary study science of science, science com... 032
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Metrics sonification: The introduction of new ways to present bibliometric data using publication data of Loet Leydesdorff as an example. rdcu.be/eiqC4 000
Reposted by Lutz BornmannMax Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The MPIWG’s Research Report 2021–2024 is now available online and in print! 📗 The report provides insights into the Institute’s structure and research, including our researchers and staff, projects, and publications. 🔗 bitly.cx/l3ovd #HistSci #HistMed #EnvHist #STS #Sinology #DigitalHumanities 0187
Reposted by Lutz BornmannAliakbar Akbaritabar @akbaritabar.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I am extremely happy to share. Just out in @pnas.org: “Global subnational estimates of migration of scientists reveal large disparities in internal and international flows” Open Access: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... with Maciej J. Dańko, Xinyi Zhao, @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social #PAA2025 1297
Reposted by Lutz BornmannarXiv cs.DL Digital Libraries @csdl-bot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025index (D). While prior studies emphasize minimum citation windows (mostly 3-5 years) for reliable citation impact measurements, the time-sensitive nature of D - which quantifies a paper' s capacity to eclipse prior knowledge - remains underexplored. [2/6 of arxiv.org/abs/2504.07828v1] 101
Reposted by Lutz BornmannarXiv cs.DL Digital Libraries @csdl-bot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025highly disruptive and consolidating works. The findings offer significant implications for scholarly evaluation and science policy, emphasizing the need for careful consideration of citation window length in research assessment (based on D). [6/6 of arxiv.org/abs/2504.07828v1] 001
Reposted by Lutz BornmannarXiv cs.DL Digital Libraries @csdl-bot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025classifications, while shorter windows (3 years) exhibit instability. Publications with >=30 references stabilize 1-3 years faster, and extreme cases (top/bottom 5% D values) become identifiable within 5 years - enabling early detection of 60-80% of [5/6 of arxiv.org/abs/2504.07828v1] 101
Reposted by Lutz BornmannarXiv cs.DL Digital Libraries @csdl-bot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Hongkan Chen, Lutz Bornmann, Yi Bu: Dynamic disruption index across citation and cited references windows: Recommendations for thresholds in research evaluation arxiv.org/abs/2504.07828 arxiv.org/pdf/2504.07828 arxiv.org/html/2504.07828 101
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 10/04/2025dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...dx.plos.orgAre quality assessments in science affected by anchoring effects? – Empirical results from a survey of authors assessing previously cited papersMany studies have investigated anchoring effects. Anchoring occurs when initial values are used by humans as starting points in assessments. We investigated the prevalence of anchoring effects in the ... 000
Reposted by Lutz BornmannEvidence & Policy @evidencepolicy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025'The influence of public policy and administration expertise on #policy: an empirical study' New from Evidence & Policy, by @rhaunschild.bsky.social, Kate Williams & @lutzb.bsky.social:buff.lyThe influence of public policy and administration expertise on policy: an empirical studyAcademic expertise is a key pillar of governance processes around the world. A goal of policy and public sector actors is to draw on research to improve decision making, and correspondingly, a goal… 033
Reposted by Lutz Bornmann LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 04/04/2025👀 ICYMI: @lutzb.bsky.social & Christian Ganser explore the phenomenon of hyperprolific authors, who publish a research paper every five days, and what listening to their output metrics can tell us about ‘research productivity’. #Citations #Bibliometrics #Academiablogs.lse.ac.ukMetrics sonification – What we can learn from listening to the output of hyperprolific academic authors - Impact of Social SciencesBibliometric data is often communicated visually or as text, but what can we learn by listening to them via the process of metrics sonification? 031
Reposted by Lutz BornmannVincent Traag @vtraag.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The attacks on science in the US raise serious concerns. With other colleagues at CWTS, we discuss how our research relates to these developments, and how we intend to monitor science at risk. 001
Reposted by Lutz BornmannKompetenznetzwerk Bibliometrie/Geschäftsstelle @bibliometrie-info.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Our upcoming Open Research Seminars in May, June and July on the German Excellence Initiative, measuring disruption in science and evaluative bibliometrics in the DORA/CoARA context:bibliometrie.info 026
Reposted by Lutz BornmannKompetenznetzwerk Bibliometrie/Geschäftsstelle @bibliometrie-info.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Registration is open for the esss european summer school for scientometrics! esss.infoesss.infoeuropean summer school for scientometrics – esss.info 012
Reposted by Lutz Bornmannrhaunschild.bsky.social @rhaunschild.bsky.social · 24/03/2025The special track on Open Research Information at @stienid2025.bsky.social is open to submissions via the regular conference submission tool. 113
Reposted by Lutz Bornmann LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 28/03/2025💥 New: Metrics sonification – What we can learn from listening to the output of hyperprolific academic authors ✍️ @lutzb.bsky.social & Christian Ganser #Bibliometrics #AcademicSky #DataVizblogs.lse.ac.ukMetrics sonification – What we can learn from listening to the output of hyperprolific academic authors - Impact of Social SciencesBibliometric data is often communicated visually or as text, but what can we learn by listening to them via the process of metrics sonification? 045
Reposted by Lutz Bornmann29th Annual Conference on Science and Technology Indicators @stienid2025.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Reminder: The deadline for submissions to the 29th Annual Science and Technology Indicators Conference (STI 2025) is fast approaching!🚨 🔗 Submit your work here: auth.oxfordabstracts.com?redirect=/st... Need more time? Just reach out at sti-enid2025@bristol.ac.uk we're happy to accommodate!stienid2025.orgHome | STIENID2025 Bristol 002
Reposted by Lutz Bornmannrhaunschild.bsky.social @rhaunschild.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Proposal of a gold standard combining different UN SDG assignments from different data providers: doi.org/10.1007/s111... @lutzb.bsky.social Many thanks to @clarivateag.bsky.social, @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, and OSDG.ai for providing SDG assignments.doi.org 011
Reposted by Lutz BornmannOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 20/03/2025What were the death tolls from pandemics in history? 19533
Reposted by Lutz BornmannDalmeet Singh Chawla @dalmeet.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Why do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves? My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/03/19/p... @lutzb.bsky.social, @mollymking.bsky.socialretractionwatch.comWhy do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves?While thousands of papers cite themselves, the percentage that do so is relatively low. Haunschild & Bornmann/arXiv.org While using bibliometric techniques to measure how disruptive research pa… 0710
Reposted by Lutz BornmannRichard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Catchy, clear, concise: three-part phrases in research-paper titles garner more citations. Nice to know that the 'rule of three' also works for science articles. Could get irritating if over-used? by @dalmeet.bsky.social | @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comCatchy, clear, concise: Three-part phrases boost research paper citationsMemorable ‘tripartite’ phrases in titles make studies more likely to be read and cited. 054
Reposted by Lutz BornmannLeiden Madtrics @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social · 18/03/2025🎶 When it comes to making sense of data, visualizations rule. But what about translating data into sound? In today's blog post, @lutzb.bsky.social explores 'data sonification' and its many applications and shows: even bibliometric data can be turned into sound. www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/met...leidenmadtrics.nlMetrics sonification as a new way to convey bibliometric dataWhen it comes to making sense of data, visualizations rule. But what about translating data into sound? This blog post explores the origins of ‘data sonification’ and its many applications in science ... 042
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 18/03/2025We published an update of our excellence mapping at www.excellencemapping.netexcellencemapping.netExcellence Maps v2The web application visualizes the impact of papers published in several subject areas on researchers and other status groups. 033
Reposted by Lutz BornmannNWB2025 @nwb2025.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The 30th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy takes place in Bergen, Norway October 29-31 this year. The Call for Abstracts is now out, and submissions open March 17th. Presentations and posters alike are welcome. Hope to see you there?nifu.noWelcome to Bergen in 2025!Welcome to the 30th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy (NWB 2025). Nordic Institute for Studies of Innovation, Research and Education are hosts together with the University Library o... 0711
Reposted by Lutz BornmannWilfred Mijnhardt @wmijnhardt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025How to use assignments of United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) to scientific papers in research evaluation? The proposal of a gold standard combining assignments from different data providers link.springer.com/co... 034
Reposted by Lutz BornmannMetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 13/03/2025📅 Want to learn more about MetaROR and its publish, review, curate model of scholarly communication? Join @stephenpinfield.bsky.social and André Brasil for this webinar on 2 April at 10:00 BST!eventbrite.co.ukMetaROR (Metaresearch Open Review) and the 'publish, review, curate' modelMetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) and the 'publish, review, curate' model of scholarly communication 035
Reposted by Lutz BornmannMetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 12/03/2025We're happy to announce MetaROR has joined Bluesky! We're a community-owned platform for open peer review in metaresearch. Using the innovative Publish-Review-Curate model, we're transforming how metaresearch is published & reviewed, making the process faster and more open. Find us on metaror.org 02315
Reposted by Lutz BornmannarXiv cs.DL Digital Libraries @csdl-bot.bsky.social · 07/03/2025across publication years. We found a skewed distribution across countries, journals, authors, fields, and document types. Finally, we discuss the implications of paper self-citations for bibliometric indicators. [4/4 of arxiv.org/abs/2503.04324v1] 002
Reposted by Lutz BornmannarXiv cs.DL Digital Libraries @csdl-bot.bsky.social · 07/03/2025found cases where paper self-citations occur due to publisher-made highlights promoting and citing the paper. We analyzed the self-citing papers according to selected metadata. We observed accumulations of the number of self-citing papers [3/4 of arxiv.org/abs/2503.04324v1] 102
Reposted by Lutz BornmannarXiv cs.DL Digital Libraries @csdl-bot.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Robin Haunschild, Lutz Bornmann: Paper self-citation: An unexplored phenomenon arxiv.org/abs/2503.04324 arxiv.org/pdf/2503.04324 arxiv.org/html/2503.04324 102
Reposted by Lutz BornmannJames Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Registration for #Metascience2025 is now open! Join us in London from 30 June to 2 July for the largest gathering yet of the global metascience community metascience.info/registration/ @rorinstitute.bsky.social @cos.iometascience.infoRegistration - Metascience 21512
Reposted by Lutz BornmannMarek Kwiek I Social Stratification in Science @marek-kwiek.bsky.social · 06/03/2025"The Max Planck Society (MPG), Germany’s top research organisation, says that the country could benefit from the new US administration’s increasingly restrictive research policies, and is stepping up efforts to recruit elite US scientists and scholars". www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....universityworldnews.comMax Planck Society offers a haven for top US researchersThe Max Planck Society, Germany’s top research organisation, says that the country could benefit from the new United States administration’s incre... 2166
Lutz Bornmann @lutzb.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Citations drop after scientists accused of sexual, but not scientific, misconduct | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgCitations drop after scientists accused of sexual, but not scientific, misconductFindings contradict researchers’ own beliefs about how they would cite accused peers 001
