The fourth SYoS lecture on “Openness of research information – Democratizing the use of scientometrics” is organised in collaboration with the Centre for Higher Education and Science Studies (CHESS). It will take place on 24 April 2024 at ETH Zurich (Campus Zentrum, Leonhardstrasse 21, 8092 Zürich, LEE E 101)
We are extremely pleased to welcome Professor Ludo Waltman as a speaker.
Professor Ludo Waltman is scientific director and professor of Quantitative Science Studies at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. He is affiliated as senior research fellow with the Research on Research Institute (RoRI). His work focuses on studying and developing infrastructures, algorithms, and tools to support research assessment, science policy, and scholarly communication. Furthermore, he is open science ambassador of Leiden University, member of the board of ASAPbio, chair of the advisory board of OpenCitations, and coordinator of the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA). Together with his colleague Nees Jan van Eck, he has developed the well-known VOSviewer software for bibliometric visualization. He is coordinator of the CWTS Leiden Ranking, a bibliometric ranking of major universities worldwide. In addition, he served as Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Quantitative Science Studies.
Please note that the lecture is an onsite event. The recording will be made available after the event.
We hope to see you at this event. Please send us an email to register.
