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Centre for Science and Technology Studies

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) studies scientific research and its connections to technology, innovation, and society. Our research, bibliometric and scientometric tools, and evaluation expertise provide a solid basis for supporting research assessment and strategic decision making and for developing science policy.

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  • Interrogating and Monitoring Equitable Open Science

    The development of Open Science (OS) is raising difficult questions about its implications for equity and inclusion. In this blog post, we report the insights gained from four sessions at the EASST/4S conference in July 2024, particularly in relation to OS monitoring.

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  • Celebrating 5 years of Leiden Madtrics

    On Halloween 2019, exactly five years ago to the day, this blog was launched as a modern replacement for the older CWTS institute blog. In this post we, the editors, would like to celebrate this fact and briefly analyse the journey.

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  • Opening the black box of university rankings

    Today two university rankings were released, one by CWTS and one by Times Higher Education. Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck, responsible for the CWTS Leiden Ranking, use this occasion to discuss the importance of transparency of rankings.

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