• New journal: Journal of Scientometric Research

by Frank van der Most 10 Dec 2012

The Journal of Scientometric Research addresses “both empirical and theoretical contributions that advance scientometric research and would also reach out to scholars of Science and Technology Studies (STS), sociology, economics and any other fie…

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Should science studies pay more attention to scientific fraud?

by Paul Wouters 6 Dec 2012

Last week, the Dutch scientific community was rocked by the publication of the final report on the large-scale fraud committed by former professor in social psychology, Diederik Stapel. Three committees performed an extraordinarily thorough examination…

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Booming bibliometrics in biomedicine: the Dutch case

by Sarah de Rijcke 28 Nov 2012

Last week, I gave a talk at a research seminar organized by the University of Manchester, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. The talk was based on exploratory archival research on the introduction of bibliometrics in Dutch biom…

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ACUMEN cited in Science Careers

by Laura de Ruiter 26 Nov 2012

In a recently posted article by Science Careers, the careers component of the journal Science, ACUMEN was cited in relation to alternative research metrics. The article described the growing recognition of alternative ways of measuring researcher performance, especially in the domain of web impact. The shortcomings of traditional performance measures in addition to the growing [...]

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• Book tip: Hallonsten, O. (ed.) (2012). In pursuit of a promise. About the establishment of the European Spallation Source

by Frank van der Most 20 Nov 2012

It does not happen often, but occasionally, governments do join forces to jointly create facilities that they each individually cannot afford. CERN in Switzerland is perhaps the most famous example, but there are more. For example, the European Souther…

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• Austrian Science Fund : donations through testaments

by Frank van der Most 14 Nov 2012

Recently, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) initiated policy to interest private donors in science and FWF in particular. FWF points out that whereas patronage in science is well established in many industrialized countries, Austria is behind. Perhaps th…

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Book release

by Sarah de Rijcke 6 Nov 2012

Today we are witnessing dramatic changes in the way scientific and scholarly knowledge is created, codified, and communicated. This transformation is connected to the use of digital technologies and the virtualization of knowledge. In this book, schola…

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• Quality indicators for new open access journals?

by Frank van der Most 29 Oct 2012

Last week a handful of Dutch science actors (list below) organized a two-day Colloquium on Quality indicators for young (OA) journals. The colloquium discussed two indicators for new journals which covered the quality of the editors and the quality of …

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• Quality indicators for new open access journals?

by Frank van der Most 29 Oct 2012

Last week a handful of Dutch science actors (list below) organized a two-day Colloquium on Quality indicators for young (OA) journals. The colloquium discussed two indicators for new journals which covered the quality of the editors and the quality of …

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• MASIS – science-in-society final report plus 37 European country studies

by Frank van der Most 11 Oct 2012

DG Research of the European Commission commissioned a state-of-affairs study of policy and research activities on ‘Science in society in Europe’. Last April, MASIS published its Final synthesis report after the publication of 37 country rep…

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