Martijn Visser, MA

Martijn Visser is a researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University in the Netherlands. For many years Martijn has been primarily engaged in contract research conducting numerous research evaluation studies. He has published on a variety of topic primarily concerning bibliometric methods. Recently he has started working on a PhD thesis regarding the limitations and opportunities of bibliometric data sources.

Publications

Journal publications (21)

• Reyes Elizondo, A.E., Calero-Medina, C.M., & Visser, M.S. (2022). The three-step workflow: a pragmatic approach to allocating academic hospitals’ affiliations for bibliometric purposes. Journal of Data and Information Science, 7(1), 20-36. (paper)
• Visser, M.S., Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2021). Large-scale comparison of bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic. Quantitative Science Studies, 2(1), 20-41. (paper)
• Waltman, L., Van Eck, N.J., Visser, M.S., & Wouters, P. (2016). The elephant in the room: The problem of quantifying productivity in evaluative scientometrics. Journal of Informetrics, 10(2), 671-674. (paper)
• Van Leeuwen, T.N., Costas, R., Calero-Medina, C.M., & Visser, M.S. (2013). The role of editorial material in bibliometric research performance assessments. Scientometrics, 95(2), 817-828. doi:10.1007/s11192-012-0904-5 (paper)
• Waltman, L., Van Eck, N.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., & Visser, M.S. (2013). Some modifications to the SNIP journal impact indicator. Journal of Informetrics, 7(2), 272-285. doi:10.1016/j.joi.2012.11.011 (paper)
• Waltman, L., Calero-Medina, C.M., Kosten, M.J.F., Noyons, E.C.M., Tijssen, R.J.W., Van Eck, N.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., Van Raan, A.F.J., Visser, M.S., & Wouters, P. (2012). The Leiden Ranking 2011/2012: Data collection, indicators, and interpretation. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(12), 2419-2432. doi:10.1002/asi.22708 (paper)
• Van Raan, A.F.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., & Visser, M.S. (2011). Severe language effect in university rankings: particularly Germany and France are wronged in citation-based rankings. Scientometrics, 88(2), 495-498. (paper)
• Waltman, L., Van Eck, N.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., Visser, M.S., & Van Raan, A.F.J. (2011). On the correlation between bibliometric indicators and peer review: Reply to Opthof and Leydesdorff. Scientometrics, 88(3), 1017-1022. (paper)
• Waltman, L., Van Eck, N.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., Visser, M.S., & Van Raan, A.F.J. (2011). Towards a new crown indicator: An empirical analysis. Scientometrics, 87(3), 467-481. (paper)
• Waltman, L., Van Eck, N.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., Visser, M.S., & Van Raan, A.F.J. (2011). Towards a new crown indicator: Some theoretical considerations. Journal of Informetrics, 5(1), 37-47. doi:10.1016/j.joi.2010.08.001 (paper)
• Van Raan, A.F.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., Visser, M.S., Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Rivals for the crown: Reply to Opthof and Leydesdorff. Journal of Informetrics, 4(3), 431-435. doi:10.1016/j.joi.2010.03.008 (paper)
• Lopez-Illescas, C., Noyons, E.C.M., Visser, M.S., De Moya-Anegon, F., & Moed, H.F. (2009). Expansion of scientific journal categories using reference analysis: How can it be done and does it make a difference? Scientometrics, 79(3), 473-490. doi:10.1007/s11192-007-1975-6 (paper)
• Calero-Medina, C.M., Lopez-Illescas, C., Visser, M.S., & Moed, H.F. (2008). Important factors in the interpretation of bibliometric rankings of world universities. Research Evaluation, 17, 71-81. doi:10.3152/095820208X280907 (paper)
• Visser, M.S., Luwel, M.J.J., & Moed, H.F. (2007). Attainment of Doctoral Degrees at Flemish Universities: A Survival Analysis. Higher Education, 54, 741-757. doi:10.1007/s10734-006-9021-9 (paper)
• Butler, L., & Visser, M.S. (2006). Extending citation analysis to non-source items. Scientometrics, 66(2), 327-343. doi:10.1007/s11192-006-0024-1 (paper)
• Van Leeuwen, T.N., Visser, M.S., Moed, H.F., Nederhof, A.J., & Van Raan, A.F.J. (2003). The Holy Grail of science policy: Exploring and combining bibliometric tools in search of scientific excellence. Scientometrics, 57, 257-280. doi:10.1023/A:1024141819302 (paper)
• Van Raan, A.F.J., Visser, M.S., Van Leeuwen, T.N., & Van Wijk, E. (2003). Bibliometric analysis of : Performance assessment and position in the journal landscape. Psychotherapy Research, 13(4), 511-528. doi:10.1093/ptr/kpg038 (paper)
• Van Leeuwen, T.N., Moed, H.F., Tijssen, R.J.W., Visser, M.S., & Van Raan, A.F.J. (2001). Language biases in the coverage of the Science Citation Index and its consequences for international comparisons of national research performance. Scientometrics, 51(1), 335-346. doi:10.1023/A:1010549719484 (paper)
• Van Leeuwen, T.N., Moed, H.F., Tijssen, R.J.W., Visser, M.S., & Van Raan, A.F.J. (2000). First evidence of serious language-bias in the use of citation analysis for the evaluation of national science systems. Research Evaluation, 9(2), 155-156. doi:10.3152/147154400781777359 (paper)
• Moed, H.F., Van Leeuwen, T.N., & Visser, M.S. (1999). Trends in publication output and impact of universities in the Netherlands. Research Evaluation, 8(1), 60-67. doi:10.3152/147154499781777711 (paper)
• Moed, H.F., Van Leeuwen, T.N., & Visser, M.S. (1999). Trends in publications output and impact of universities in the Netherlands. Research Evaluation, 8(1), 60-67. doi:10.3152/147154499781777711 (paper)

Conference publications (7)

• Visser, M.S., Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2019). Large-scale comparison of bibliographic data sources: Web of Science, Scopus, Dimensions, and Crossref. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (pp. 2358-2369).
• Schneider, J.W., Aagaard, K., Visser, M.S., & Van Leeuwen, T.N. (2017). Examining potential database effects in longitudinal country impact analyses using fixed journal sets: STI Conference, Paris, France.
• Praal, F.E.W., Kosten, M.J.F., Calero-Medina, C.M., & Visser, M.S. (2013). Ranking universities: The challenge of affiliated institutes. In S. Hinze, & A. Lottmann (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators (pp. 284-289).
• Waltman, L., Calero-Medina, C.M., Kosten, M.J.F., Noyons, E.C.M., Tijssen, R.J.W., Van Eck, N.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., Van Raan, A.F.J., Visser, M.S., & Wouters, P. (2012). The Leiden Ranking 2011/2012: Data collection, indicators, and interpretation. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators (pp. 791-802).
• Visser, M.S., Calero-Medina, C.M., & Moed, H.F. (2007). Beyond Rankings: the Role of Large Research Universities in the Global Scientific Communication System. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (pp. 762-765).
• Visser, M.S., & Moed, H.F. (2005). Developing bibliometric indicators of research performance in computer science. In P. Ingwersen, & B. Larsen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (pp. 275-279).
• Tijssen, R.J.W., Visser, M.S., & Van Leeuwen, T.N. (2001). Searching for scientific excellence: Scientometric measurements and citation analyses of national research systems. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (pp. 675-689).

Book chapters (3)

• Van Raan, A.F.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., & Visser, M.S. (2001). Bibliometrics – Monitoring emerging fields A bibliometric methodology for exploring interdisciplinary, 'unorthodox' fields of science. A case study of environmental medicine. In S. Maasen, & M. Winterhager (Eds.), Science Studies. Probing the Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge (pp. 87-122).
• Nederhof, A.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., & Visser, M.S. (1999). Bibliometric profiles of academic biology research in the Netherlands, 1988-1997. Utrecht: VSNU. In M.H. Meijerink (Ed.), VSNU, Biology (pp. 141-186).
• Nederhof, A.J., Van Leeuwen, T.N., Visser, M.S., & Van der Wurff, L.J. (1999). Bibliometric profiles of academic veterinary and animal sciences research in the Netherlands. Utrecht: VSNU. In M.H. Meijerink (Ed.), VSNU, Veterinary and Animal Sciences (pp. 51-91).