SCIENTOMETRICs

During the time spent at the Center for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) as a Postdoc, I was introduced to Scientometrics. I am still affiliated to the institute and keep close collaborations with colleagues there.

Nicolas Robinson-Garcia's project about unveiling the ecosystem of science represented and continues to be an important research interest. The project was carried out within a LEaDing Fellows Programme, a Marie Curie co-fund programme, until January 2021. You can read more about the project here. The project has led to research topics that

• characterize the diversity of researchers' activities

• characterize how researchers and evaluators value researchers' activities

• provide a model that quantifies the overall performance of researchers' activities

During the project, we also investigated how the diversity of tasks can be reflected in career patterns and career trajectories.
- The article is can be found here.
- A recent Leiden Madtrics blog reports on this,
- A piece at the London School of Economics Impact Blog and
- A social media article for research professionals discusses the need of diversity of research careers.

Our work also covers misinformation, miscommunication and fake news. A blog that uses dashboards as interactive tools can be found here. More details about the project and involvement of colleagues can be found here.