📊 How do researchers actually use bibliographic databases today?

The Bibliometrics Service of the Université de Lorraine has published the results of its 2026 survey on Web of Science usage, conducted across the university community.

Based on 545 responses spanning a broad disciplinary spectrum, the survey explores current practices around Web of Science, Google Scholar, disciplinary databases, and the emerging open alternative #OpenAlex.

Key findings include:
🔹 Google Scholar is now the most consulted resource, ahead of Web of Science.
🔹 Web of Science remains mainly used for literature search, monitoring, bibliometric studies, and Journal Citation Reports.
🔹 OpenAlex, although still relatively new, is gaining attention for its broad coverage, accessibility, and open infrastructure.
🔹 The study suggests that many WoS uses could potentially transition toward OpenAlex, provided there is continued work on data quality and user support.

This work aligns with the Université de Lorraine’s commitment to open research information, in the broader context of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @BarcelonaDORI and ongoing changes in institutional subscriptions to proprietary databases.

A key takeaway:
➡️ Open tools alone are not enough; their successful adoption also depends on training, mediation, and support from academic libraries.

📖 Read the full analysis:
🇫🇷 French version: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20310514
📂 Raw data available on Recherche Data Gouv:
https://doi.org/10.57745/THDNY1
🇬🇧 English version: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20312097

#OpenScience #Bibliometrics #ResearchInformation #OpenAlex #WebOfScience #OpenResearch

A large part of the economy deals in knowledge – and I’m not talking about education alone. Knowledge is a major ingredient, as well as a byproduct of, any credible attempt at societal change. A host of institutions – universities, governments, parliaments, think tanks and what have you – continuously produce knowledge.

Read the ad-free, no-tracking, complete blog post here: http://www.cottica.net/2026/04/08/frictionless-reports-harnessing-the-power-of-digital-and-open-for-knowledge-sharing/

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#digitallife #AltMetric #digital #DOI #ORCID #SCOPUS #WebofScience #Zenodo

RE: https://social.sciences.re/@TheMetaNews/116459109768327092

#PublierLaScience Très bon article pour faire le point sur l'indexation des revues dans le #WebOfScience et sur l' #impactfactor. Avec qq exemples de revues très prolixes (25 000 articles en 1 an!).. ou qui se citent elles-mêmes à 93%...

RE: https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/116449403699717242

Excellent move. #WebOfScience #WoS has monopolized the numeric evaluation of researchers and journals #JCR. Of course, their analyses help bureaucrats to evaluate our output, but the concept of using these numbers as the only reference is not always positive for diverse and original science. BTW: you can find article-level citations also in #CrossRef, there is #ORCID, and #Scimago #SJR. If you want to create your CV with ORCID/CrossRef cites (free): <https://codeberg.org/LabABI/ORCID-to-CV>

📢 Please note: access to Web of Science for staff and students of the UMCG & University Groningen will end on 1 Jan 2027!

Reason: costs, overlap with other databases, and our commitment to open & transparent research.

🔗 https://www.rug.nl/library/news/20260420-end-web-of-science
#WebOfScience #OpenResearch #UMCG #UG #AcademicLibraries

I'm starting to hate academic databases and how they save bibliographic data.

#WebOfScience and #Scopus, sincerely, fuck you both.

#Clarivate wants me to review 7 publications added to my #WebOfScience profile, so tried to log in. Figured I'd login via my #OrcidID, but Clarivate want permissions to:

* Add/update your research activities (works, affiliations, etc.)
* Add/update information about you (country, keywords, etc.)
* Read your information with visibility set to Trusted parties

None of those are acceptable to me, denied. Signed in with Google - all they get that way is read access to my name, profile picture and email address.

The ‘Big Three’ of Scientific Information: A comparative bibliometric review of Web of Science, Scopus, and OpenAlex

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2026/01/30/the-big-three-of-scientific-information-a-comparative-bibliometric-review-of-web-of-science-scopus-and-openalex/

#BibliographicDatabases #BibliometricAnalysis #DanielTorresSalinas #OpenAlex #ScientificInformation #Scopus #WebOfScience #WenceslaoArroyoMachado