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20072026
most citedThe role of homophily in the emergence of opinion controversies

57 citations

26 papers

cs.DB2026

From OA colors to observable access states: A commentary on the 2026 OpenAlex proposal

Abdelghani Maddi

The OpenAlex Colors Working Group proposes replacing the familiar Gold, Green, Hybrid, Bronze and Closed taxonomy with a work-level framework based on three dimensions: access, loc…

cs.DL2026

Discoverability matters: Open access models and the translation of science into patents

Abdelghani Maddi, Chongjun Xi, Xiaoting Chen +2

Scientific research is a key input into technological innovation, yet not all scientific knowledge is equally mobilized in patents. This paper examines how different scientific pub…

cs.DL2025★ 6 cited

Beyond authorship: Analyzing contributions in PLOS ONE and the challenges of appropriate attribution

Abdelghani Maddi, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of authorship attributions in scientific publications, focusing on the fairness and precision of individual contributions within academic w…

cs.DL2024★ 3 cited

Geographical and Disciplinary Coverage of Open Access Journals: OpenAlex, Scopus and WoS

Abdelghani Maddi, Marion Maisonobe, Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri

This study aims to compare the geographical and disciplinary coverage of OA journals in three databases: OpenAlex, Scopus and the WoS. We used the ROAD database, managed by the ISS…

cs.DL2024

The Gerontocratization of Science: How hypergrowth reshapes knowledge circulation

Antoine Houssard, Floriana Gargiulo, Tommaso Venturini +2

Scientific literature has been growing exponentially for decades, with publications from the last twenty years now comprising 60% of all academic output. While the impact of inform…

cs.DL2024

The Nexus of Open Science and Innovation: Insights from Patent Citations

Abdelghani Maddi

This paper aims to analyze the extent to which inventive activity relies on open science. In other words, it investigates whether inventors utilize Open Access (OA) publications mo…