Infometrics

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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Estimating Open Access Mandate Effectiveness: I. The MELIBEA Score.
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Are top-cited papers more interdisciplinary?
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Chinese-language articles are biased in citations
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What determines researchers’ scientific impact? A case study of Quebec researchers
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