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Intermediacy of publications
Lovro Šubelj, Ludo Waltman, Vincent Traag +1
Citation networks of scientific publications offer fundamental insights into the structure and development of scientific knowledge. We propose a new measure, called intermediacy, f…
From Louvain to Leiden: guaranteeing well-connected communities
Vincent Traag, Ludo Waltman, Nees Jan van Eck
Community detection is often used to understand the structure of large and complex networks. One of the most popular algorithms for uncovering community structure is the so-called…
Systematic analysis of agreement between metrics and peer review in the UK REF
Vincent Traag, Ludo Waltman
When performing a national research assessment, some countries rely on citation metrics whereas others, such as the UK, primarily use peer review. In the influential Metric Tide re…
Exploration of Reproducibility Issues in Scientometric Research Part 2: Conceptual Reproducibility
Theresa Velden, Sybille Hinze, Andrea Scharnhorst +2
This is the second part of a small-scale explorative study in an effort to assess reproducibility issues specific to scientometrics research. This effort is motivated by the desire…
Exploration of reproducibility issues in scientometric research Part 1: Direct reproducibility
Ludo Waltman, Sybille Hinze, Andrea Scharnhorst +2
This is the first part of a small-scale explorative study in an effort to start assessing reproducibility issues specific to scientometrics research. This effort is motivated by th…
Analyzing the activities of visitors of the Leiden Ranking website
Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman
To provide a better understanding of the way in which university rankings are used, we present a detailed analysis of the activities of visitors of a university ranking website. We…