Scientometrics Using Open Data

CWTS Course program

Open data sources such as Crossref, DataCite, ORCID, OpenAlex, OpenCitations, and many others offer important opportunities to perform scientometric analyses in more transparent, inclusive, and reproducible ways. The course Scientometrics Using Open Data provides an introduction to the use of these open data sources and is offered jointly by CWTS and the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI).

The course will combine lectures, practical exercises, and discussions. Practical exercises will include accessing open data sources through APIs and querying open data sources using Google Big Query. Participants are invited to bring their own use case and to explore the application of open data sources for that use case.

The course is provided by lecturers from CWTS and COKI that have an extensive expertise on open data sources for scientometric analysis, ranging from research applications through to production systems used in real-life evaluations. They have used open data sources in a range of policy contexts, including monitoring of open access policy compliance, analysis of global scientific collaboration, and national research evaluations.

Additional information is available on the CWTS website.