Open Metadata on Scholarly Communication

This is a repository of some of the projects I am currently working on in the area of Open Metadata on Scholarly Communication.

The repository is a working area sharing scripts, reading notes , links to resources and early drafts to documentations.

FOCUS

Open Metadata on Scholarly Communication are useful in a variety of contexts.

Here the (initial) focus will be mainly on the use/potential of open metadata for

• the study of science. Scientometrics, the quantitative study of science, technology, and innovation // Metascience ,the use of scientific methodology to study science itself.

• Monitoring and Evaluation of research funding programs

selected publications

Waltmann, L. (2019). Open metadata of scholarly publications: Open science monitor case study. A report for the European Commission

Neylon, Cameron, Belsø, Rene, Bijsterbosch, Magchiel, Cordewener, Bas, Foncel, Jérôme, Friesike, Sascha, Fyfe, Aileen, Jacobs, Neil, Katerbow, Matthias, Laakso, Mikael, & Sesink, Laurents. (2019). Open Scholarship and the need for collective action. Zenodo.

Links to resources in Wiki of the repository

1. An overview of Open Scientometric Datasets

2. A bibliography - partially annotated with reading notes - on Data Quality in Scientometric Databases

3. Lists of journals

    Disclaimer: any views expressed here are strictly in personal capacity