• Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice Article Club

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    This month's article: Nowakowska, M. (2025). A comprehensive approach to preprocessing data for bibliometric analysis. Scientometrics, 130(9), 5191–5225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05415-x Date: May 5, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice holds several Article Club Meetings each term. These are regular, discussion-based gatherings focused on exploring key literature in bibliometrics, scientometrics, and research impact. At […]

  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice Article Club

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    This month's article: Cao, Z., Zhang, L., Wang, Z., Li, C., & Sivertsen, G. (2025). How does scientific research generate impact beyond academia? Cross-disciplinary comparison based on REF impact cases. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 17, Article 1856. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-06129-4 Date: April 8, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice holds several Article […]

  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice Article Club

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    This month's article: Dorta-González, P. (2025). Which kind of research papers influence policymaking. Science and Public Policy, 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scaf069 Date: March 10, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice holds several Article Club Meetings each term. These are regular, discussion-based gatherings focused on exploring key literature in bibliometrics, scientometrics, and research impact. […]

  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice Coffee Talk: Assessing Research Impact in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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    Date: February 12, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET Registration Join the Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice for the first in a new series of informal Coffee Talks—casual, drop-in conversations where members can grab a coffee, connect with colleagues, and compare notes on shared questions and emerging practices. Each session will begin with a guest […]

  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice Article Club

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    This month's article: Thelwall, M., & Jiang, X. (2025). Is OpenAlex suitable for research quality evaluation and which citation indicator is best? Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 76(12), 1660–1681. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.70020 Date: February 11, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice holds several Article Club Meetings each term. These […]

  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice February Call: Resilient Knowledge: Trust, Mistrust, and Manipulation of Open Science Research

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    Date: February 5, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET Registration The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice invites you to its February community call on the topic of trust, mistrust, and manipulation of open science research. We must confront some uncomfortable situations. Openness does not necessarily equate to trust, and the ideals of open research do […]

  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice December Call: ORCID Adoption and Integration Panel: Maximizing Research Impact

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    Date: December 2, 2025 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm ET Registration The Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice (BRI CoP) invites you to join a panel discussion on ORCID adoption and integration across Canadian research institutions. This session will explore strategies, tools, and challenges for maximizing ORCID’s potential to improve researcher visibility and data interoperability. Toby Malone, Research Impact […]

  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice October Call: Unlocking Institutional Insights with Article Processing Charge (APC) Data from OpenAlex

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    Date: October 23, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Registration In this session, Jack Young (Research Impact Librarian, McMaster University) and Kelvin Lee (Research Software Developer, McMaster University) will explore how institutions can leverage Article Processing Charge (APC) data from the OpenAlex database to better understand and manage open access publishing costs. They will discuss the value of APC […]

  • Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice June Call: Implementing DORA in Canadian Research Institutions

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    Date: June 19, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Registration There is a global effort to evaluate research in a more responsible manner, and Canada is no exception. Several Canadian institutions have recently signed on to DORA, the Declaration on Research Assessment. But what does it take to actually implement DORA-aligned practices in a Canadian research context? […]

  • CARL Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice April Call – OpenAlex for Research Analytics

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    Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET Registration Join the CARL Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice for a presentation and discussion on OpenAlex for Research Analytics with invited speaker Kyle Demes. Institutions of all shapes and sizes rely on data about the activities, outputs, and impacts of their researchers, as well as those at other […]

  • CARL Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice February Call: A Dataset and Bibliometric Approach to Estimating Annual Article Processing Charges for Six Scholarly Publishers

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    Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET Registration Join the CARL Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice for a presentation and discussion on A Dataset and Bibliometric Approach to Estimating Annual Article Processing Charges for Six Scholarly Publishers. The author-pays model, in which publishers charge authors an article processing charge (APC) […]

  • CARL Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice December Call – Lightning Talks, Part 2

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    Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET Registration We invite those across Canada interested in bibliometrics and research impact indicators to join this month’s call of the CARL Canadian Bibliometrics and Research Impact (BRI) Community of Practice.  This month we are being joined by several of our colleagues for a series […]