We’re thrilled to share that Anton Boudreau Ninkov , Research Associate at the ScholCommLab, has been elected President of the Canadian Association for Information Science / l’Association canadienne des sciences de l’information (CAIS/ACSI) for the 2025–2026 term. In this blog post, Anton reflects on what this role means to him and outlines the key goals he aims to pursue during his presidency.
Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces Margaret Rose , research assistant at the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Margaret offers a glimpse into some of her inspiring projects and reflects on a piece of advice from her brother that has guided her for nearly 30 years. Q#1 What are you working on at the lab?
At the ScholCommLab, we believe that information about research outputs—such as publications, funding, and data—should be open, transparent, and community-governed. That’s why we are proud to sign the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information. We already did so in the fall of 2024, but we’re happy to explain the background in this blog post.
Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces Lucía Céspedes , a research associate at ScholCommLab. In this interview, Lucía tell us about her exciting work and encourages us to dare to write, rewrite, and publish, while letting go of the unachievable desire to read it all. Q#1 What are you working on at the lab?
Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces Dr. Diego Chavarro , a Research Associate at the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Diego tells us what excites him most about his work.
Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces Belen Febres-Cordero , the new manager of the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Belen shares what excites her about her work, both inside and outside the lab, and two pieces of advice from childhood that have shaped her curious and lively approach to research and life.
The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) hosted their fifth Scientometrics Summer School (CS 3 ) from September 18-26, 2023 in Leiden, the Netherlands. CS 3 turns theoretical ideas into hands-on research by engaging scientometrics graduate students with data, methods, and techniques used in the field. ScholCommLab members Chantal Ripp, Maddie Hare, Leigh-Ann Butler, and Rémi Toupin attended this year’s event.
Over the last few months, ScholCommLab members took part in over six conferences, including the: International Conference on Science, Technology, and Innovation Indicators (STI 2023), International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2023), and Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community Conference (BRIC 2023). In this blog post, we’re sharing highlights from each event.
By Alice Fleerackers, with input from Yao-Hua Law, Mario Malički, Luisa Massarani, Chelsea Ratcliff, and François van Schalkwyk The annual Scholarly Communications Institute (SCI) offers opportunities for interdisciplinary and international teams to come together to pursue complex projects related to a common theme.
Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today’s post features Maddie Hare, a doctoral student in the Digital Transformation and Innovation (DTI) Program at the University of Ottawa—and the newest member of the ScholCommLab.
This blog post is the last of a four part series based on the keynote presentation by Stefanie Haustein at the Swiss Year of Scientometrics lecture and workshop series at ETH Zurich on June 7, 2023. Responsible use of metrics As a last topic, I want to address a very important area that I think for a very long time has been ignored by the scientometric community—namely the use of the metrics that it