Introduction References are an essential part of bibliometric research. For example, references are required to calculate bibliometric indicators such as the journal impact factor and the h-index. University rankings also rely on a proper recording of references, as the number of citations a institution receives is usually used as a criterion. The coverage of references within a bibliometric database therefore plays a significant role.

Am 19. September 2025 führten die DFG-geförderten Projekte OA Datenpraxis, openCost und Transform2Open gemeinsam den Workshop „Praktiken und Infrastrukturen des Open-Access-Monitorings“ auf den Open-Access-Tagen 2025 durch (Pampel et al. 2025). Nach einer kurzen Vorstellung der beteiligten Projekte diskutierten mehr als 30 Teilnehmende aktuelle Fragestellungen des Open-Access-Monitorings im Format World Café.

Wir freuen uns, verkünden zu können, dass ein englischsprachiger Artikel unserer quantitativen Studie “Scholarly Blogs: an analysis of infrastructural aspects based on German scholarly blogs” im Journal of Documentation (Ochsner et al. 2025a), sowie ein deutschsprachiger Artikel der Studie in Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis veröffentlicht wurden (Ochsner et al. 2025b). Die Artikel finden Sie hier:

Your browser does not support the audio tag. Download: PDF | EPUB | MP3 | WATCH VIDEO According to a simple linear trend, losses per disaster are down by about 80% since 1980, as a proportion of GDP. — Roger Pielke Jr. In the world of scientific disinformation, Roger Pielke Jr. is a well known player.

Un cuento de Constancio S. Suárez. Elementos culturales del México prehispánico La pesadilla de Alejito o El almuerzo de azotes es una de las 70 historias infantiles publicadas por el impresor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo entre 1880 y 1917. Fue escrita por un oaxaqueño llamado Constancio S. Suárez.

On October 24th, I received the Leo Waaijers award at the Dutch Open Science Festival. The judges announced a shortlist from 26 nominations, which included the Barcelona Declaration coordinating team, EnvisionBox team, and myself as the founder of ResearchEquals. I include my acceptance remarks below — thank you for all the appreciations, it really fills me up and reinvigorates the work!

This is about the time of year when I get the sudden and irresistible urge to make kimchi.

Long-time SV-POW! reader Tyler Holmes came across a book with the very un-searchable title “Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs” — I tried to find it in the Internet Archive, but there are waaay too many books of that name.

Booking is now open for the Screen Two at 40 symposium at BFI Southbank, London, on the 12th November 2025.

In a previous academic life, I was trained as an historian and archaeologist, particularly regarding representation of heritage.  While this has proved unexpectedly good training for eventually becoming a media theorist studying representation (amongst other things), it also means I often have a somewhat ambivalent relationship with documentaries about history, archaeology and/or culture.

I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore, the BBC’s slimming of its services is a Bad Thing.