In a recent piece, @vtraag.bsky.social writes about how finding equal research funding rates between men and women doesn't necessarily mean the academic system is free of gender bias: researchonresearchinstitute.substack.com/p/we-found-n...

🎓 'Research culture' has become a key concept, but what it means exactly often remains unclear. 🔎 In our new blog post, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner proposes a way for giving the concept greater analytical substance and proposes to consider research culture as a politics of uncertainty.

🤝Last Thursday, we visited the Rathenau Instituut for an inspiring meeting to connect and exchange ideas. Breakout sessions covered: 🔹 Geopolitics, international mobility, and research security 🔹 Academic freedom and societal impact 🔹 Generative AI in research, funding, and scholarly publishing

A new RoRI study finds no gender differences in funding rates – but warns equal numbers can mask bias, with women representing only 36% of all applicants. Read the paper here: rori.figshare.com/articles/pre...

📢 New workshop: 𝘌𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, co-organized by @ubleiden.bsky.social and @loubezuidenhout.bsky.social. 📅 14 September 2026, 9:30-18:00 📍 PLNT, Leiden For more information and to sign up, please see our website 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Driven by AI surges and tight budgets, global science has become an unsustainable competition machine. @ludowaltman.bsky.social & co-authors argue we must move away from micro-managing individual survival towards strategic leadership: researchonresearchinstitute.substack.com/p/from-hyper...

📢 New RoRI Report: The Future of Peer Review Peer review is at a breaking point. Strained by hyper-competition & AI, we need system-wide reform. Read here: rori.figshare.com/articles/report/The_Future_of_Peer_Review_A_system-wide_perspective/32685351?file=65684898

In this panel I will discuss some of the ideas developed in the RoRI Future of Peer Review report, to be published early next week! @rorinstitute.bsky.social @cwts.nl

📢 Join an upcoming webinar organised by the DST-CPR, IISc, Bangalore. @ludowaltman.bsky.social will discuss the transition from proprietary to open research information sources and share lessons from @cwts.nl 📅 19 June 2026 🕒 10:00 UTC / 12:00 CEST / 15:30 IST 🔗 tinyurl.com/yevwpavc

Congratulations @aschniedermann.bsky.social and well deserved! 📰 Read the news item for more information: 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026... 💡Read Alexander's PhD thesis:👉 scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/...

Our preprint was also featured in a short piece on citations to China by @economist.com www.economist.com/science-and-...

💡 Belated new preprint alert! We analysed geographical biases in scientific collaboration and citations. We find that distance continues to shape collaboration, but citations less so. Both show country-level biases. How about US-China relations? 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2604.01602

📣 New research seminar: @batoolmm.bsky.social from @epcc.bsky.social will give a talk on 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺, followed by responses from Ana Parrón Cabañero and Rosalba Icaza. 🎧 Make sure to join! 📅 Friday, 19/6/2026 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CEST) 📌 Online only

@alexrushforth.bsky.social, Paul Wouters, and @ludowaltman.bsky.social (RoRI & @cwts.nl) warn that national research assessment systems face a dual legitimacy crisis: AI is polluting published literature and infiltrating evaluation itself: researchonresearchinstitute.substack.com/p/can-nation...

🎓 One-day workshop by and for PhD candidates: How can we build more flexible doctoral trajectories that acknowledge Open Science practices and the various outputs and activities that PhD candidates engage with? 📅 25 Sept 2026, 09:45-18:45 📍Leiden (in person only)

🚨 New 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 position at CWTS on Citizen Science and Public Trust in Science! The postdoc will conduct original research about how Citizen Science relates to public trust and to equitable research practices in environmental science. Deadline for application: 18 June Learn more 👇

Are paper mills really the work of a few bad actors? @realjoonha.bsky.social joins us to discuss how publication pressures, incentives, and academic systems shape the paper mill phenomenon. Register free; open to all: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kings-...

🚨 New 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 opportunity at CWTS on Evaluating Open Science Impact and Research Culture Change, working closely with Alex Rushforth and Louise Bezuidenhout. Apply until 18 June 👇 careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Postdoct... @leidensocial.bsky.social @opensciencenl.bsky.social

The 2026–2028 strategic plan for the Engagement & Inclusion focal area at @cwts.nl is published! Read the blogpost for an overview of their vision and strategic directions to foster inclusive knowledge systems that engage with societal needs and challenges. 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/foc...

We are excited to announce the next steps we have agreed with @openaire.bsky.social to deepen our collaboration 🤝 We will work together to advance and improve open research information and develop open research analytics for the European research landscape. Read more in our news item 👇

✨ We’re excited to share a new publication by our colleague @altibel.bsky.social and other researchers from @unileiden.bsky.social and @solid-research.bsky.social on the links between Dutch universities and the tobacco industry. 🔗 Read more here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

🌎 Scientific collaboration across disciplines is widely seen as necessary for tackling complex problems, but does it also translate into scientific prestige? In our new blog post, @jcortesanchez.bsky.social explores this question. www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/the...

In our latest blog post, Laurens Hessels examines why universities must take an active role in regulating AI use in science and safeguarding research integrity, reliability, and independence. 👇 Read it now on www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/uni...

🌎 The @multiobs.bsky.social at the University of Campinas, Brazil offers eight postdoctoral positions, led by our colleague @rodrigocostas.bsky.social. Find out more in the post below! 👇

🎨 A new report (in Dutch) by the @boekmanstichting.bsky.social and CWTS, highlighting the potential and challenges of collaboration between academia and the creative sector in the Netherlands 👇

📣 On 22 May, Christine Borgman and Paul Groth will give a talk about the social fabric of data sharing and reuse; jointly organised by DANS, Leiden University Library and @cwts.nl. 📅 3:00-4:30 PM (CEST) 📌 Online & in person at Leiden University Library 🔗 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

📢 Excited to share a new preprint by our colleague Kathleen Gregory and Dorothea Strecker from Humboldt University of Berlin on the financial sustainability of open data infrastructures. 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2604.27580

⚙️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞? In NL, research evaluation is shifting. Key frameworks move to open data → more transparency, scrutiny, less reliance on closed systems. 𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. ✍️ @ludowaltman.bsky.social & @hldejonge.bsky.social 🔽 Read more

This blog post summarizes the strategic plan we developed at @cwts.nl for our work on open research information. We aim to make open research information the norm. This will improve how science is studied, governed, and practiced. Very proud of our ambitious plans in this important area!

Great to be in sunny Leusden, NL at the International School for Philosophy (ISVW) for the 2026 RoRI Research Retreat. And here’s (most of!) RoRI’s research and operational team — huge thanks to them all for everything they’ve contributed over the past year. @rorinstitute.bsky.social @cwts.nl

The 2026–2028 strategic plan for the Information & Openness focal area at @cwts.nl is published! Read the blogpost by Kathleen Gregory, Mark Neijssel, and Nees Jan van Eck for an overview of our vision and goals to advance the adoption of open research information in the coming years.

Interesting paper by our @cwts.nl PhD candidate Soohong Eum about challenges around the availability of data about research funding in South Korea, focusing on Web of Science and OpenAlex data as well as data from South Korea's National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS).

In today's new blog post, Louise Bezuidenhout proposes the development of an #OpenScience Readiness Assessment Framework tool in line with the Dutch Strategy Evaluation Protocol to support research units in the long-term implementation of OS. 👇 Read it now www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/dev...

📣 New research seminar: @loubezuidenhout.bsky.social and @hughshanahan.bsky.social will give a talk on 'Equality of Access Requires Equity in Design: Rethinking Open Science Infrastructures'. 🎧 Make sure to join! 📅 Friday, 17/4/2026 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CEST) 📌 Online & in person at CWTS

Metric-driven research systems tend to persist because governance structures often matter more than metrics themselves. Our latest blog post by @eleonoradagiene.bsky.social, @ludowaltman.bsky.social, Guus Dix & @lariviev.bsky.social tackles this issue through the Lithuanian case 🇱🇹 👇 Read it now

🎓 Last week, Dr. Verena Weimer successfully defended her PhD thesis at Leiden University. She investigated the role of teaching within the academic recognition and reward system. Congratulations! 👏🌟 💡More about Verena's research 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026... @leidensocial.bsky.social

🌐 In our new blog post, Juan Pablo Bascur introduces the ORION Dashboard: a tool that makes #openresearchdata accessible, interactive, and easy to explore 👩‍💻. 🔎 Discover the blog post here 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ori...

🏛️ Last week, Andy Stirling visited CWTS to mark the start of his visiting professorship. He stayed for four days full of presentations and meetings, including a research lab on multicriteria mapping (MCM) and a keynote on 'Opening up and closing down'. Looking forward to this collaboration!

📣 In our next research seminar, @crsugimoto.bsky.social from Georgia Institute of Technology will talk about 'Science superpower(s) and science diplomacy'. 🎧 Make sure to join! 📅 Friday this week, 20/3/2026 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET) 📌 Online & in person at CWTS

Fully agree with Lokman Meho that the bibliometric community needs to seriously reflect on the way research integrity problems affect bibliometric statistics. Ongoing AI developments will only increase the urgency of this. This issue requires more attention in the bibliometric community.

In today's new blog post, Lokman Meho introduces RI²: a diagnostic overlay to support more cautious and governance-aware reading of university rankings. 👇 Read about it now on our blog

Very much looking forward to contributing to this webinar, and delighted to share the stage with two great colleagues, @katiecorker.bsky.social and Kathleen Shearer! My contribution will be about @barcelonadori.bsky.social. @cwtsnl.bsky.social

🗺️ Adrià Plazas, Nicandro Bovenzi, Nicolau Duran, Enric Fuster and Ismael Rafols offer a new way of visualising the global funding landscape by mapping 82,000 EU research and innovation grants using semantic analysis rather than publication citations. 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/the...

We are pleased to announce two new Core Partners: ZonMw, the Dutch Organisation for knowledge and innovation in health and well-being, and @britishacademy.bsky.social, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences: researchonresearch.org/rori-welcome...

This is a great paper by Carl Bergstrom and Kevin Gross. I have offered some reflections on the paper in @bionieuws.bsky.social (in Dutch) bionieuws.nl/vicieuze-cir.... I think we may need more radical solutions than the ones suggested by the authors! @cwtsnl.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social

My first piece on Leiden Madtrics comes out from a triple joy: 1. Joy of reading a thought-provoking book and listening to the presentation from @samuelmoore.org 2. Joy of discussing with others who actually care the research commons 3. Joy of writing together with Tanya, a PhD colleague at CWTS

🆕 New blog post: @realjoonha.bsky.social and Tanya Lee reflect on the CWTS research seminar with @samuelmoore.org earlier this year and expand Moore's view on Open Access publishing to broader research infrastructure and culture. www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/rec...

Very impressed by @dwh.bsky.social's talk today at @cwtsnl.bsky.social about AI developments and their implications for the science system. Daniel is a true though leader in this area. The depth of his thinking about AI is amazing. @digital-science.com

📢 New RoRI Working Paper: Does targeted research funding reshape research landscapes? New RoRI evidence from Norway and Switzerland suggests shifts in research topics are gradual - and similar under both targeted and non-targeted funding: researchonresearch.org/does-targete...

🌊 How is our knowledge of the oceans being created? To answer this question, Jackie Ashkin, PhD candidate at CWTS, studies the work of ocean scientists from up close. In this news item, she tells us more and shares surprising insights from ocean science. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...