L’Université de Lorraine a réalisé une enquête auprès du site universitaire lorrain en début d’année 2026. L’objectif était de comprendre les usages du Web Of Science, base de données bibliométrique ouverte. Cette enquête a recueilli 545 réponses et dévoile que l’utilisation de cette base de données reste encore faible. Retrouvez…
« Bibliometrics, whether used for research or research evaluation, relies on large multidisciplinary databases of research outputs and citation indices. The Web of Science (WoS) was the main supporting infrastructure of the field for more than 30 years until several new competitors emerged. OpenAlex, a bibliographic database launched in 2022, has…
« This study conducts a quantitative analysis of the inclusion of open access (OA) academic books in the OpenAlex and Web of Science (WoS) databases from 2004 to 2023. It explores the differences
and trends between the two databases in terms of the number of OA books, annual variations, and…
« OpenAlex is a freely available bibliographic database that can be used for bibliometric studies. In this study, we compared certain field-normalized citation scores (NCS) from OpenAlex with those from three commercial databases (Web of Science, Scopus, and Dimensions). We were interested in the question whether the NCS from OpenAlex are…
« This study aims to compare the geographical and disciplinary coverage of OA journals in three databases: OpenAlex, Scopus and the Web of Science (WoS). We used the Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD), provided by the ISSN International Centre, as a reference to identify OA active journals (as of…
« Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today released the Web of Science™ Research Assistant. The new generative AI-powered tool helps researchers find key papers faster, handle complex research tasks and visualize connections. The chat interface combined with the Web of…
« Diamond open access (OA) journals offer a publishing model that is free for both authors and readers, but their lack of indexing in major bibliographic databases presents challenges in assessing the uptake of these journals. Furthermore, OA characteristics such as publication language and country of publication have often been used…
« Avec une politique ambitieuse et volontariste depuis de nombreuses années, Sorbonne Université est pionnière en matière de science ouverte. Poursuivant son engagement en faveur de l’ouverture des données relatives à la recherche, elle fait le choix de ne pas renouveler son abonnement à la base de publications Web of Science,…
« With the growing number of open access (OA) mandates, the accurate measurement of OA publishing is an important policy issue. Existing studies have provided estimates of the prevalence of OA publications ranging from 27.9% to 53.7%, depending on the data source and period of investigation. This paper aims at providing…
