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GERMAN SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES 2026

QUERY TIME: 09.11.2026, 00:00

NEWS FROM THE COMPETENCE NETWORK

KB member Aliak­bar Akbar­i­ta­bar co-chairs new IUSSP panel „Digital Demog­ra­phy, AI, and Open Science“

5. Novem­ber 2026

The IUSSP’s scien­tif­ic panel on digital demog­ra­phy, AI and open science, which began its work on 1 Novem­ber 2026 and will remain active until Novem­ber 2030, is co-chaired by Aliak­bar Akbar­i­ta­bar (Max Planck Insti­tute for Demograph­ic Research (MPIDR) and the Univer­si­ty of Rostock) and Francesco Rampaz­zo of the Univer­si­ty of Manches­ter. The panel will examine AI both as a driver of demograph­ic change and as a research tool, and will promote its respon­si­ble use along­side estab­lished demograph­ic methods and data sources such as surveys, census­es, regis­ters and vital statis­tics. If you would like to receive infor­ma­tion about upcom­ing activ­i­ties such as workshops, meetings, confer­ences and other relevant events, please subscribe to the panel’s mailing list: Digital Demog­ra­phy, AI, and Open Science.

OA Daten­prax­is Webinar “Open Access and Publish­er Data”

4. Novem­ber 2026

KB members Sophia Dörner and Najko Jahn (SuB Göttin­gen) will present on “OA Daten­prax­is recom­men­da­tions on open metada­ta in trans­for­ma­tive journal agree­ments” and “ORION-DBs and open research infor­ma­tion at scale” in the OA Daten­prax­is Webinar “Open Access and Publish­er Data” on 30 Novem­ber, from 12:00 to 15:00 via Zoom.

Regis­tra­tion.

More infor­ma­tion (in German).

OA Daten­prax­is Webinar: “Bibliome­trie und offene Daten im Kontext der Open-Access-Transformation”

4. Novem­ber 2026

KB members Nina Funke (SuB Göttin­gen) and Stephan Gauch (HU Berlin) will present on “Offene Bibliome­triedat­en des Kompe­ten­znet­zw­erks Bibliome­trie” as well as “Kompe­ten­zen für offene Bibliome­triedat­en” im OA Daten­prax­is Webinar “Bibliome­trie und offene Daten im Kontext der Open-Access-Trans­­­for­­­ma­­­tion” tomor­row, 5 Novem­ber, from 12.00 to 15.00 via Zoom:

Regis­tra­tion.

More infor­ma­tion (in German).

CURRENT ARTICLE ON THE BLOG open-bibliometrics

22. Septem­ber 2026

Nick Haupka, Natali­ia Kaliuzh­na, and Christo­pher Lenke examine how well the insti­tu­tion­al affil­i­a­tions of OpenAlex match the curat­ed data from the KB insti­tu­tion­al coding. Using over 70,000 schol­ar­ly articles from univer­si­ties in the German state of Lower Saxony, their analy­sis shows that 91.5% of both data sources are assigned to the same insti­tu­tion.
The current state of affil­i­a­tion mapping in OpenAlex – A case study based on German univer­si­ties in the feder­al state of Lower Saxony

NEW VERSION OF THE DOCUMENTATION INSTITUTION CODING (3.0)

22. Septem­ber 2026

Documen­ta­tion and code of the insti­tu­tion­al coding – current version 3.0 (2026) – are avail­able here and on Gitlab.

WE TURN DATA INTO META-KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SCIENCE

Biblio­met­ric metada­ta on scien­tif­ic publi­ca­tions provide unique, large-scale insights into the science and innova­tion system. Biblio­met­rics devel­ops specif­ic methods and indica­tors for analyz­ing this system and is support­ed in Germany by the Kompe­ten­znet­zw­erk Bibliome­trie (KB). The KB collab­o­ra­tive­ly devel­ops and operates a data infra­struc­ture within and for the network, supports its use for research and report­ing through capac­i­ty build­ing, and fosters knowl­edge exchange among users. The open network brings togeth­er more than 25 insti­tu­tions from various fields – includ­ing infor­ma­tion science, sociol­o­gy, econom­ics, and comput­er science. In addition to support­ing and enrich­ing biblio­met­ric research, the KB also aims to promote knowl­edge trans­fer through biblio­met­ric reports and monitor­ing activ­i­ties for stake­hold­ers in the science system. Learn more about ..

BIBLIOMETRIC DATA AND ANALYSIS

Biblio­met­ric data is often used in an evalu­a­tive context to analyse and compare the impact of, for example, organ­i­sa­tions or research groups, countries or other entities on the basis of publi­ca­tion and citation data. Howev­er, the size and quali­ty of biblio­met­ric databas­es also enable a wide range of other analy­ses of the charac­ter­is­tics and dynam­ics of the scien­tif­ic system. One example of a monitor­ing tool based on the infra­struc­ture of the compe­tence network is the OA Monitor, which supports analy­ses of the trans­for­ma­tion of the German publi­ca­tion system towards open access and thus provides evidence for control and gover­nance processes.

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THE BIBLIOMETRIC LENS

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