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Citations, H-index, journal impact and rankings: is this all sorrow and misery?

Videorecorded live lecture by Prof. Ton van Raan

Book release: Creativity and Leadership in Science, Technology and Innovation

Leadership is vital to creativity and successful innovation in groups and organizations

CWTS Press Release Leiden Ranking 2013

China increases scientific impact.

UIRC Global update: University-Industry Research Connections 2013 released together with Leiden Ranking

Which universities are world leaders when it comes to effectively connecting their research activities to industrial R&D needs?

23 April, 2013: Food for Thought meeting with Ton van Raan

The Graduate School invites you to attend the third of the Anniversary Food for Thought meetings. Presenter prof. Ton van Raan will discuss citations, H-index, journal impact and rankings. The meeting is chaired by prof. Paul Wouters.

New CWTS Working Papers now available online

The most recent developments in CWTS research are revealed here

Reward system for research data required that incorporates data metrics

Knowledge Exchange releases landscape report on where metrics can play a role in making research data available

3 May, 2013: Early career researchers: the PhD student. Presentations by the Development of Academic Careers Working Group

The working Group Development of Academic Careers invites you to attend the Research Seminar about Early career researchers: the PhD student

25 April, 2013: Science Alliance Conference - The Impact of Science

The conference focuses on the measurement and optimization of the value and potential of science for its different stakeholders (e.g., policymakers, business and research managers).

18 March 2013: Metersticks and revolutions: Scientometrics, altmetrics, and the coming era of web-native scholarship. Seminar presentation by Jason Priem

In growing numbers, scholars are moving their workflows online. As that happens, important, once-invisible parts of the scientific process--conversations, arguments, recommendations, reads, bookmarks, and more.. are leaving online traces.

Vacancies at CWTS

Currently there are no vacancies at CWTS

U-Multirank: The start of multi-dimensional international ranking

Transparency is needed! The European Commission is promoting transparency about the international higher education system.

CWTS hits new paths

Is it possible to measure the impact of science on the society? What are the disadvantages of the increasingly sophisticated ranking and scoreboards? And what are the effects of the current evaluation culture on knowledge production?

2013 updates of CWTS information products

The next editions of our Leiden Ranking and University-Industry Research Cooperation Scoreboard are scheduled to be jointly released on April 17th 2013.

New Publication (book): Virtual Knowledge. Experimenting in the Humanities and Social Sciences / edited by Paul Wouters, Anne Beaulieu, Andrea Scharnhorst and Sally Wyatt.

Today we are witnessing dramatic changes in the way scientific and scholarly knowledge is created, codified, and communicated.

2012 Cleveringa lecture in Cape Town

Robert Tijssen will deliver the Cleveringa lecture entitled "Global science and regional knowledge-based economies" in Cape Town (South Africa) on November 29th.

9 November 2012: The modified sharpened index h(ms) and other variants in the Hirsch index zoo. Seminar presentation by Prof. Michael Schreiber

In an analysis of two case studies in physics, difficulties with the determination of the Hirsch-index and its interpretation will be discussed.