BIBLIOMETRICS

Intro to Bibliometrics

Biblio­met­rics can broad­ly be defined as a number of ways of measur­ing certain indica­tors within the science system. The data used for biblio­met­ric research and the measure­ment of certain indica­tors are based on research and scien­tif­ic liter­a­ture as well as patents. For instance, every scien­tif­ic publi­ca­tion leaves a trace of differ­ent infor­ma­tion that is collect­ed as metada­ta: authors’ names, publi­ca­tion title, field of research, publi­ca­tion year, location of research and/or authors’ insti­tu­tion­al affil­i­a­tion, etc.

Build­ing on these data, biblio­met­rics is a scien­tif­ic method through which the state of science and technol­o­gy can be analyzed by examin­ing the metada­ta gener­at­ed from publications.

Research using and compar­ing differ­ent biblio­met­ric data are there­fore able to analyse dynam­ics and tenden­cies in research and the scien­tif­ic system. Biblio­met­ric work is based on the idea that the central result of scien­tif­ic research is the produc­tion of knowl­edge and the scien­tif­ic liter­a­ture is the manifes­ta­tion of this process. In this context, patents refer to a trans­fer process of scien­tif­ic knowl­edge in the direc­tion for indus­tri­al use.

Digital Biblio­met­ric Window

Appli­ca­tion

Our country and insti­tu­tion coding is led by our partner Insti­tute for Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary Studies of Science (I²SoS) in Bielefeld.

Insti­tu­tion coding involves first access­ing publi­ca­tion data from the providers Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus and then assign­ing authors with German address­es to verified, exist­ing research insti­tu­tions. This process takes into account struc­tur­al changes in the insti­tu­tion­al landscape over time. In this way, scien­tif­ic publi­ca­tions can be reliably and endur­ing­ly assigned to the insti­tu­tions whose researchers produced them.

Showcase

The Open Access Monitor Germany

The Open Access Monitor Germany is a tool that monitors the publi­ca­tion output of German scien­tif­ic insti­tu­tions in scien­tif­ic journals. Data from exist­ing source systems, such as the database of the KB, are first collect­ed and aggre­gat­ed. These data are then made acces­si­ble and usable in a freely avail­able appli­ca­tion and, in a further step, used to inform research published in scien­tif­ic publi­ca­tions. In this way, these findings are made avail­able again to the scien­tif­ic commu­ni­ty and the inter­est­ed public, offer­ing libraries, funders and researchers a freely avail­able tool to analyse publi­ca­tions, the citations they contain, and the associ­at­ed publish­ing costs.

Further­more, the Open Access Monitor monitors and enables support for the change in the publi­ca­tion system towards Open Access via contin­u­ous analy­sis of funds spent on journal subscrip­tions and publish­ing fees. The frequent deliv­ery – up to weekly – of data from exist­ing data sources means that users are always provid­ed with up-to-date data. The abili­ty to filter search queries in the user inter­face supports differ­ent usage scenar­ios. The Feder­al Ministry of Educa­tion and Research (BMBF) funds the ongoing devel­op­ment and opera­tion of the Open Access Monitor Germany through the central library of the Research Centre Jülich in the project “OAM — Open Access Monitor­ing” (FKZ 16OAMO001).

• Open Access Monitor Germany

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The open access monitor records the publi­ca­tion output of German acade­m­ic insti­tu­tions in scien­tif­ic journals. Through analy­ses of subscrip­tion fees and publi­ca­tion fees, the transi­tion towards an open access system is supported.

Distri­b­u­tion of journal business models

The graph shows the current distri­b­u­tion of journals (33,150) across journal business models; based on the Cross­ref title list, and the journal lists used in the OAM (DOAJ, DOAG, trans­for­ma­tive agreements).

Distri­b­u­tion of journal articles in Germany

The graph shows the open/closed access ratio of journal articles (764,825) in Germany for the last five years (2018–2022) based on Dimen­sions, Unpay­wall, and the journal lists (DOAJ, DOAG) used in the OAM.

Documen­ta­tion and analy­sis of biblio­met­ric indicators

The Pact for Research and Innova­tion (PFI) is an agree­ment between the German feder­al and state govern­ments and five science and research organ­i­sa­tions. In the PFI, the science and research organi­za­tions receive finan­cial planning securi­ty through agreed annual increas­es in insti­tu­tion­al grants. In return, the pact partners have commit­ted themselves to common research policy goals. For the current fourth phase, the pact partners have agreed on five central research policy goals. These are: 1. Promote dynam­ic devel­op­ment, 2. Strength­en trans­fer in business and society, 3. Deepen network­ing, 4. Attract and keep the best minds, and 5. Strength­en infra­struc­tures for research.

The objec­tive of the project is to write a report for the four non-univer­si­ty research organi­za­tions based on analy­ses of biblio­met­ric indica­tors in each of the years 2022 to 2026, while also record­ing the entire German science system and its devel­op­ment as well as trends and dynam­ics and classi­fy­ing them both nation­al­ly and inter­na­tion­al­ly. Only biblio­met­ric indica­tors are used in this monitor­ing report. This report is intend­ed to provide biblio­met­ric indica­tors for all non-univer­si­ty research organi­za­tions in Germany using standard­ized methods, which provide the organi­za­tions themselves, the GWK and an inter­est­ed public with empir­i­cal facts for their own assessment.

• Pact for Research and Innova­tion (PFI)