New blog post on @lseimpactblog about our project. Why global databases are not enough, and why national scholarly infrastructures matter more than we think.

💡 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/01/by-linking-national-scholarly-infrastructures-we-can-better-understand-the-impact-of-global-research/

The solution is not to replace global systems, but to connect national ones into a network of interoperable, open infrastructures.

#OpenScience #Bibliometrics #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchPolicy

Our new 📄 in Current Alzheimer Research looks at a strange, and worrying, phenomenon in scientific writing: tortured phrases. Instead of blood-brain barrier, some papers use bizarre alternatives like blood-brain obstruction or blood-cerebrum boundary.

 https://doi.org/10.2174/0115672050460224260206052444

These are not just language errors, they can signal deeper issues such as weak #PeerReview or even #PaperMills.

#OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #Bibliometrics #Neuroethics #AcademicPublishing

Nova versão do Odorico Periódicos, com o Qualis de 2026 e os indicadores bibliométricos do OpenAlex e da Scopus atualizados:

https://odorico.ibict.br/periodicos/

Serve para quem trabalha com bibliometria ou simplesmente para quem quer rapidamente saber qual o "prestígio" de um periódico antes de publicar nele.

#bibliometrics #bibliometria #cnpq #ciênciaNoBrasil

Construire un indicateur bibliométrique pour l’histoire avec les comptes-rendus de lecture

https://pmartinolli.github.io/blog/2026/indicateur-bibliometrique-histoire-compte-rendu-de-lecture/

poke @BraccoLaetitia #bibliometrics #history #histoire #Bibliometrie

Where do bibliometricians come from? 🤔 A new international study suggests a simple answer: mostly from academic libraries. Around 60% of people doing bibliometric work at universities are based there.

 https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515261417634

The catch? Over 70% say they never had formal training in bibliometrics. People simply grow into the role while working with databases, indicators and research analytics.

#bibliometrics #scientometrics #researchmetrics #responsiblemetrics #openscience

Where art thou, academic integrity? Musings here from @hugh about incoherence at the centre of Clarivate Nexus.

"[Nexus] is a pitch to #librarians who have correctly identified generative #AI #chatbots as purveyors of endless bullshit, but also know that students + some researchers are going to use them anyway [...] #Clarivate are essentially integrity-washing synthetic text, giving it an #academic sheen without any academic rigour."

https://www.hughrundle.net/does-clarivate-understand-what-citations-are-for/ #citations #bibliometrics

Acabou o amor... O Portal ISSN de Periódico disponibilizava uma API gratuita não documentada para quem precisa acessar os dados de periódicos.

Com o novo portal, a API morreu.

Agora, o negócio é fazer webscraping ou contar com o Openalex ou com o Odorico (que é mais completo em termos de número de periódicos disponíveis)

#bibliometria #bibliometrics

Woah. An interesting, leftfield paper exploring Google Scholar metrics as wearable tech. Intrigued? Read more below! 😀

StatCounter: A Longitudinal Study of a Portable Scholarly Metric Display https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.15413 #GoogleScholar #ResearchImpact #metrics #bibliometrics #PreDis2026 #citations

I blogged about software I wrote for efficiently downloading and querying @opencitations in bulk

📖 blog: https://cthoyt.com/2026/02/10/opencitations-client.html

💽 code: https://github.com/cthoyt/opencitations-client

#opencitations #bibliometrics #opensource #python #knowledgegraphs

Can we trust “guidelines on how to write a scientific paper”? We analysed 71 “Write a Scientific Paper” guidelines that were widely used and cited for years as best practices.

 https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2026.2622096

Facts:
▪️ 555 citations
▪️ 48 papers carry an editorial expression of concern
▪️ 30 (42%) have been retracted!

#AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #Retractions #ScholarlyCommunication #Bibliometrics #PublicationEthics #PeerReview