Information & Openness
This focal area is concerned with studying and promoting openness of research information, for instance information about the outputs and activities of researchers and research teams. It also focuses on the use of open research information to support evaluation and policy making in science.
Core team - Coordinators
Zeynep Anli
Researcher and project coordinator, working mainly on Leiden Ranking and various European Union projects on research assessment, open science, organizational research, bibliometric data, gender analysis and data curation.
Clara Calero-Medina
Clara Calero-Medina is a senior researcher and director of innovation and impact at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. She is a coordinator of the Information & Openness focal area and a member of the Engagement & Inclusion focal area.
Nees Jan van Eck
Senior researcher, head of data science, and coordinator of the Information & Openness focal area. Nees Jan's research focuses on infrastructures and the development of tools and algorithms to support research assessment, science policy, and scholarly communication.
Ludo Waltman
Ludo Waltman is professor of Quantitative Science Studies and scientific director at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. He is a coordinator of the Information & Openness focal area and a member of the Evaluation & Culture focal area. Ludo is co-chair of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI).
Core team - Members
Rodrigo Costas
Senior researcher. Rodrigo's research focuses on the development of new social media metrics (altmetrics), new scientometric applications at the individual-level and the study of funding acknowledgements.
Thed van Leeuwen
Senior researcher at CWTS. Thed's research focuses on the relationships between (reforms of) research evaluation, open scholarship, and research integrity, as well as on the research assessment of scholarly activity in the social sciences, the humanities, and law. He is co-editor of the OUP journal Research Evaluation.
Mark Neijssel
Sales director CWTS B.V. Mark is responsible for the development of the contract research activities for research performance studies, network analyses, and science mapping studies, as well as tailor-made training courses for clients.
Alex Rushforth
Assistant professor. Alex works in the social studies of science, specializing in research evaluation, uses of indicators and research assessment reforms.