#Scientometrics & #Bibliometrics researchers!

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Today at my alma mater, I spoke about how research evaluation is quietly shifting from citations to ChatGPT-style predictions.

👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30585.12642

AI can already “detect quality” from text alone, and sometimes performs better than classic metrics. But it doesn’t evaluate science: it rewards what sounds like good science. We may be heading from “publish or perish” to the new absurdity: “write ChatGPT-friendly or perish.”

#AI #ChatGPT #ResearchEvaluation #Scientometrics #LLM #OpenScience

#Scientometrics is a direct translation of the Soviet term naukometriya, introduced through the 1969 monograph by Vasily Nalimov and Zinaida Mulchenko. A new paper in @QSS_ISSI reveals that around 15% of that monograph consists of fragments from Mulchenko’s PhD thesis on information flows in science — meaning that many core ideas of Soviet scientometrics were actually hers. Yet she almost disappeared from the historical record = #MatildaEffect

📄 https://doi.org/10.1162/QSS.a.397

#WomenInScience

“In my opinion, metric-based recognition without integrity screening can inadvertently legitimize problematic practices. That risk is particularly acute in environments where publication is tied to career progression but where research funding, infrastructure, and oversight remain weak. These conditions can – and often do – fuel paper mills, coercive citation policies, and other unethical behaviors.”

Maryam Sayab spoke to Frederik Joelving for Retraction Watch on Clarivate's involvement in Iraqi research awards being granted to individuals with known integrity concerns.

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/10/31/exclusive-clarivate-web-of-science-involved-dubious-awards-iraq/

#Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #Citations #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #Iraq #MENA #RetractionWatch

It is 2025. And still it seems to be okay to publish about #OpenResearchInformation (ORI) behind a paywall?

That is only a tiny bitt less ironic than a closed access publication about open access.

Current example: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05347-6

Really, I do not understand why #Scientometrics does not flip. OpenAlex finds 121 articles there with #OpenAccess in abstract or title!

https://openalex.org/works?page=1&filter=primary_location.source.id:s148561398,title_and_abstract.search:%22open+access%22

It's a pity, they even have a CfP on ORI, and in another journal I would love to submit.

OA.Works is shutting down Open Access Button and InstantILL in November.
They recommend switching to Unpaywall as a replacement for OpenAccessButton.

https://blog.oa.works/sunsetting-the-open-access-button-instantill/
#Scientometrics

"OpenAlex Analytics alpha is paused." https://openalex.org/analytics

@OpenAlex has paused their Analytics Dashboard alpha because it's too expensive and they want to focus on the backend rewrite.
Hopefully, they'll continue their work in the future! I really liked their interactive query writing interface.

#bibliometrics #scientometrics #openscience