This paper explores the fascinating phenomenon of “zombie journals” – journals that continue to exist after their editorial boards resign and launch rival “breakaway journals.”

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105519

Using cases from linguistics and bibliometrics, the study shows that journal brands can survive institutional crises, but often with dramatically changed author communities, citation patterns, and academic identities.

#AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #Scientometrics #JournalMetrics

Almost skipped a new paper in #Scientometrics - glad I didn’t. A key point: fundamental research is often too uncertain for the market, so universities become crucial for helping ideas survive through startups, accelerators, and entrepreneurial networks. #Patent licensing, meanwhile, depends more on real long-term collaboration with industry than on fancy “technology transfer offices”.

 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05648-4

#HigherEducation #Innovation #Startups #Technology #Transfer

I’m glad to share my paper on publication activity and migration trends of Ukrainian SSH scholars during the first two years of the full-scale war.

👉 https://www.jscires.org/article/15/1/124

The key finding: the most productive researchers have largely remained in #Ukraine and many have maintained or even increased their publication activity, despite the challenges.

#Science #OpenScience #Bibliometrics #HigherEducation #Scientometrics #Research #Academia

A recent study shows that the same paper can appear nearly twice as “impactful” in Scopus compared to Web of Science - not because it is cited more, but because each database defines the benchmark differently.

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101810

This leads to a strange situation: the same researcher can be both “above average” and “below average” at the same time - like a kind of scientometric Schrödinger’s cat. 🙂

#research #impact #assessment #metric #citation

Today I gave a talk on @OpenAlex — the largest open database of scholarly metadata. #OpenAlex offers a broader and more inclusive view of science, making previously “invisible” research more visible.

At the same time, it raises important questions about metadata quality, data completeness, and how we interpret metrics.

👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31061.79847

A key takeaway: research evaluation can vary significantly depending on the data source and analytical choices.

#OpenScience #Scientometrics

Can a great song title make your paper more visible? In our new study, we explored how famous song titles appear in Scopus-indexed article titles.

🎧 https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515261437409

We found that in most cases, these titles are used as catchy rhetorical signals to attract readers. But here’s the catch: they don’t necessarily lead to higher citations. So yes, your title can sound like a rock hit… but impact still depends on more than style.

#Scientometrics #AcademicWriting #Bibliometrics

Gave a short online lecture on altmetrics today. Main point: altmetrics measure attention, not quality. Sometimes they capture real interest - sometimes just noise. Attention ≠ impact.

👉 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30154.12488

#Altmetrics #ResearchImpact #OpenScience #ScholarlyCommunication #Scientometrics

In our new short letter, we explored where real discussion on complex scientific issues actually happens. Instead of articles or reports, we analysed letters to the editor in journals – using #geoengineering as a case.

 https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2025-0161

These short texts turn out to be one of the few spaces where science becomes a dialogue: not only experts, but also broader publics engage, and discussions move beyond technical details to #ethics risks, and governance.

#OpenScience #SciComm

A recent Journal of Informetrics study shows – There is no universal number of “too many authors.”

In some fields, 3–6 may already be unusual.
In medicine – dozens are common.
In physics – large teams are often the norm.

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101803

Yes, #hyperauthorship can signal problems (e.g., honorary authorship, metric inflation). But the key question is not “how many authors?” 👉 it is: Is this abnormal for this field and time?

#Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation #Bibliometrics

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