News

New mathematical framework for bibliometric indicators

CWTS is focusing on the construction of the entire set of bibliometric indicators in one rigorous, consistent mathematical framework. First publications are already in online or pre-print version available and further publications will follow soon.


STI Conferences future

The boards of the CWTS and ENID conferences on Science and Technology Indicators wish to realize a strong alliance between the two conference series in the future.


CWTS @ ENID

Several CWTS staff members have attended the Conference of the European Network of Indicator Designers (ENID) that was held at the 'Centre National des Arts et Metiers' in Paris between March 3rd and 5th.


CWTS Paper in Nature

'Journal editorials give indication of driving science issues' written by Cathelijn Waaijer, Cornelis van Bochove and Nees Jan van Eck was published in Nature 463, 157 (14 January 2010).


Leiden World Ranking

Ranking of universities has become quite popular the last few years. CWTS aims at comparison of research institutions with impact measures, taking the differences in disciplines into account.


Benchmarking tool

Benchmarking can be based on different indicators (numbers of publications, impact, etc.) of organisations or authors.


Leiden needs more space

Knowledge based cities need sufficient space for the development of their science parks, particularly for a dynamic city development in order to reinforce their socio-economic attractiveness.