28.05.2025
Enseignement supérieur et recherche, Le point sur, Lire/Regarder/Ecouter, Ressources scientifiques et techniques

Strategies to Improve Open Science Monitoring: Lessons from France’s OSM initiative
« Since the launch of the Journal Impact Factor half a century ago in 1975, the bibliometric assessment of research outputs has proven a lasting and important — if flawed — method of quantifying impact. When considering new or non-traditional output forms, trying to ascertain their use through mentions in the literature has been a challenging endeavor. While today there are tools to facilitate this process at scale, applying these remains a significant challenge. The work of the French Open Science Monitor Initiative (FOSM) is illustrative of both the work necessary and could point the way to improving the situation across the literature. (…) »
source > scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org, Todd A Carpenter, 27 mai 2025