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In a recent analysis, Frédérique Bordignon, a researcher in bibliometrics at the School of Bridges ParisTech, found that a large chunk of the thousands of articles returned by OpenAlex for her institution were incorrectly assigned.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 15, 2024

The need to find deeper meaning in their work plagues many scientists, who can feel stuck in an often cut-throat system that’s more concerned with bibliometrics than transferability.

From Nature • Apr. 2, 2018

The new study makes use of bibliometrics, or the statistical analysis of publication patterns in data culled from vast numbers of scientific articles, authors, and citations.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 7, 2016

“There are no incentives to improve your research performance,” says Giovanni Abramo, who studies bibliometrics and research evaluation at the National Research Council of Italy in Rome.

From Nature • Oct. 16, 2013

Covering these is "crucial" to producing accurate metrics in these fields, says Ton van Raan, a bibliometrics expert at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

From Nature • Aug. 3, 2011