Open Research Seminar: Towards multiple ontologies in science mapping
2026-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Dr. Ismael Rafols Garcia,
Senior researcher at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV, Univ. Politec. València) and
UNESCO Chair on Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science at CWTS

New data release of OAL curations stemming from the OpenBIB project
2026-02-12 08:00 - 17:00
Last year, KB colleagues presented the initial OPENBIB data release, which contains selected and curated metadata from OpenAlex. In our blog https://open-bibliometrics.de/, also resulting from the project, a new post now details the updated OPENBIB data release, which is based on the OpenAlex snapshot from July 2025. Alongside updated curation pipelines, this data release is also featuring an author disambiguation system developed by our GESIS colleague Jack Culbert (a more detailed blog post regrading only the author disambiguation is planned).

Open Social Science Citation Index by KB partner GESIS
2026-02-28 08:00 - 17:00
Our KB partner GESIS has released an Open Social Science Citation Index (OpenSSCI).
The dataset comprises reference metadata and citation links derived from 63,070 full-text academic documents archived in the SSOAR (Social Science Open Access Repository). The data has been curated within the OUTCITE project for downstream ingestion into OpenCitations. More than 3.1 million citation links are available under CC0.
Demo system: https://demo-outcite.gesis.org/
Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00799-024–00404‑6

Open Research Seminar: Validation of novelty metrics
2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:00
Prof. Sotaro Shibayama
Professor at the University of Tokyo, Institute for Future Initiatives

Blog Post
2026-04-03 08:00 - 17:00
In a post on “LSE Impact”, KB’s Paul Donner and Stephan Stahlschmidt, together with colleages from Moldovia, Ukraine, Armenia, and Georgia envision a federated “network of networks” which features verified, context-rich national data that could be harvested by OpenAlex or OpenCitations: Post

Open Research Seminar: Collective Scientometrics
2026-04-29 14:00 - 15:00
Prof. Emanuel Kulczycki, Head of Department Research System and Science Dynamics
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)

Workshop on Citation Extraction and Parsing (CiteX 2026)
2026-05-28 08:00 - 2026-05-29 17:00 | DIPF | Leibniz Institute of Research and Information in Education, Rostocker Straße 6, 60323 Frankfurt a. M.
Accurate and open citation data are essential foundations for transparent, reproducible, and networked scholarship. The Workshop on Citation Extraction and Parsing (CiteX 2026) provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, developers, and practitioners to explore current advances in the automated identification, structuring, and dissemination of bibliographic references.
Submission deadline: 15. January 2026
CiteX-CfP

Save the date: european summer school for scientometrics 2026
2026-08-31 - 2026-09-04
This year’s esss will take place in Leuven/Belgium from August 31st to September 4th 2026!
The European Summer School for Scientometrics (esss) offers advanced training in scientometrics, covering key methods, indicators, and major databases. The program combines solid theoretical foundations with hands-on applications in contexts ranging from academic research to science policy and evaluation.
It is aimed at researchers—especially PhD candidates and early-career scholars—as well as research managers, librarians, and information professionals interested in science and technology indicators.
Registration now open!
