Bibliometrics and Research Impact Book Club Meetings

At each club meeting, attendants discuss convivially a specific document that was selected for its relevance and interest, and that they were supposed to have read beforehand. It’s a great way to help each other understand better bibliometrics, scientometrics and research impact,  which are not always simple subjects!

To receive the invitations to the book club meetings and the related communications, you can contact Philippe Boisvert at

Upcoming Meetings (Winter 2025)

  • Tuesday, February 18th at 1 p.m. ET
    • Haunschild, R., & Bornmann, L. (2024). The use of OpenAlex to produce meaningful bibliometric global overlay maps of science on the individual, institutional, and national levelsPLoS ONE, 19(12), 19, Article e0308041. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308041
  • Monday, March 17th at 1 p.m. ET
    • Lin, A., Cui, J. J., & Hu, Z. W. (2024). Why aren’t published works cited? Exploring the influences of bibliographic characteristics on uncitedness phenomenon in social sciences and arts and humanitiesSocial Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales, 63(4), 520-537. https://doi.org/10.1177/05390184241301655
  • Tuesday, April 22nd at 1 p.m. ET
    • Thelwall, M. (2024). Evaluating research quality with Large Language Models: An analysis of ChatGPT’s effectiveness with different settings and inputs. Journal of Data and Information Science, 19. https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0011   
  • Tuesday, May 20tat 1 p.m. ET
    • Céspedes, L., Kozlowski, D., Pradier, C., Sainte-Marie, M. H., Shokida, N. S., Benz, P., Poitras, C., Ninkov, A. B., Ebrahimy, S., Ayeni, P., Filali, S., Li, B., & Larivière, V. (2025). Evaluating the linguistic coverage of OpenAlex: An assessment of metadata accuracy and completeness. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24979
  • Tuesday, June 17th at 1 p.m. ET
    • Williams, K., & Michalska, S. (2025). Repertoires of research value: performing societal impact across countries. Research Evaluation, 34, 16, Article rvae063. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvae063

Past meetings (2023-2024)

  • Tuesday, October 1, from 1p.m. to 2p.m. ET. :
    • Abramo, G., D’Angelo, C. A., & Grilli, L. (2024). The role of non-scientific factors vis-à-vis the quality of publications in determining their scholarly impact [; Early Access]. Scientometrics, 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-05106-z
  • Tuesday, October 29, from 1p.m. to 2p.m. ET. :
  • Monday, November 25, from 1p.m. to 2p.m. ET. :
  • Monday, December 16, from 1p.m. to 2p.m. ET. :
  • Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
  • Thursday, June 22, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM ET
  • Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
  • Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
  • Thursday, September 28, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM ET
  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
  • Wednesday, November 22, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
  • Thursday, December 14, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM ET
  • Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 3:00-4:00 PM ET
  • Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
  • Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
  • Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 1:00-2:00 PM ET