Informetrics
A global perspective on social stratification in science
This content is not available in the selected language. To study stratification among scientists, we reconstruct the career-long trajectories of 8.2 million scientists worldwide using 12 bibliometric measures of productivity, geographical mobility, collaboration, and research impact. While most previous studies examined these variables in isolation, we study their relationships using Multiple Correspondence and Cluster Analysis. […] Read more
Understanding super-partnerships in scientific collaboration: Evidence from the field of economics
This content is not available in the selected language. Super-partnerships exist between scholars connected within densely-knit collaboration networks. Understanding how such relationships affect scholars’ careers is of great importance. In this paper, focusing on the longitudinal aspects of scientific collaboration, we analyze collaboration profiles from the egocentric perspective and use analytic extreme value thresholds to […] Read more
Mettre en récit la circulation des documents savants sur Twitter: Étude de cas exploratoire sur l’article « Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents » (Kerr et al., 2015)
This content is not available in the selected language. Les récentes études sur l’évaluation de l’impact social et l’attention envers la recherche sur les médias sociaux montrent la nécessité de changer le focus sur la signification des métriques pour s’intéresser aux contextes de circulation de la recherche. Cette étude s’inscrit dans une démarche exploratoire afin […] Read more
Who games metrics and rankings? Institutional niches and journal impact factor inflation
This content is not available in the selected language. Ratings and rankings are omnipresent and influential in contemporary society. Individuals and organizations strategically respond to incentives set by rating systems. We use academic publishing as a case study to examine organizational variation in responses to influential metrics. The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a prominent […] Read more
No revolution: COVID-19 boosted open access, but preprints are only a fraction of pandemic papers
This content is not available in the selected language. Vincent Larivière discute avec nuance de la forte augmentation des publications scientifiques accessibles de manière ouverte. Read more
‘Elite’ researchers dominate citation space
This content is not available in the selected language. Vingt-et-un pourcent (21 %) des citations totales dans le monde concernent 1 % des scientifiques signataires. Vincent Larivière revient sur ces chiffres. Read more
Une année intense pour la recherche scientifique
This content is not available in the selected language. Le Devoir se penche sur l’année intense que la recherche scientifique a vécu avec l’arrivée de la pandémie de COVID-19. Vincent Larivière se prononce quant à lui sur l’essor de la science ouverte afin de mieux diffuser l’information scientifique. Read more
Collection development in the era of big deals
This content is not available in the selected language. Drawing on an original methodology using citations, downloads, and survey data, this paper analyses journal usage patterns across 28 Canadian universities. Results show that usage levels vary across disciplines, and that different academic platforms varied in their importance to different institutions, with for-profit platforms generally exhibiting […] Read more
The angle sum theory: Exploring the literature on acknowledgments in scholarly communication
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Interpreting “altmetrics”: Viewing acts on social media through the lens of citation and social theories
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