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RESEARCH<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Research<\/strong>
\nInter\u00adnal devel\u00adop\u00adment projects<\/a>
\n> Archive<\/a>
\nData infra\u00adstruc\u00adture<\/a>
\n> Working reports<\/a>
\nAppli\u00adca\u00adtion<\/a>
\nPubli\u00adca\u00adtions and talks<\/a>
\n> Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS<\/h2>\n

The KB engages conti\u00adnous\u00adly in projects to improve the inter\u00adnal infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. Reports on finalised projects are listed in our archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Compar\u00ada\u00adtive Analy\u00adsis and Curation of German Metada\u00adta in Open Biblio\u00admet\u00adric Data (OPENBIB)<\/h3>\n

Term: May 2023<\/em> \u2014 Decem\u00adber 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

The goal of the project is to estab\u00adlish an open biblio\u00admet\u00adrics database within the German Kompe\u00adten\u00adznet\u00adzw\u00aderk Bibliome\u00adtrie. This will open up the possi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for the fields of higher educa\u00adtion research and science studies to use innov\u00ada\u00adtive and open data sources as an alter\u00adna\u00adtive to propri\u00adetary biblio\u00admet\u00adrics databas\u00ades. At the same time, the database promis\u00ades an enhanced analy\u00adsis poten\u00adtial with regard to publi\u00adca\u00adtion venues and modes that are not covered in the propri\u00adetary data.<\/p>\n

Specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, an open biblio\u00admet\u00adrics database based on OpenAlex is to be devel\u00adoped by the KB partners SUB G\u00f6ttin\u00adgen, Univer\u00adsit\u00e4t Biele\u00adfeld, FZ J\u00fclich, GESIS and DZHW in collab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with the KB hosting partner FIZ Karlsruhe and partic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion of further KB partners. The joint endeav\u00adour is pursu\u00ading four subse\u00adquent sub-goals:<\/p>\n

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  1. Database provi\u00adsion: Provi\u00adsion of a free and machine-readable devel\u00adop\u00ader instance of the biblio\u00admet\u00adric database OpenAlex as a basis for curat\u00ading German publi\u00adca\u00adtion data using an open licence.<\/li>\n
  2. Database compar\u00adi\u00adson: Compar\u00ada\u00adtive analy\u00adsis of the cover\u00adage and quali\u00adty of the open biblio\u00admet\u00adric database OpenAlex compared to the propri\u00adetary databases.<\/li>\n
  3. Data curation: Devel\u00adop\u00adment and appli\u00adca\u00adtion of techni\u00adcal proce\u00addures for curat\u00ading the metada\u00adta of publi\u00adca\u00adtions produced with the partic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion of authors from German research institutions.<\/li>\n
  4. Network\u00ading and usage: Identi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of nation\u00adal and inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal re-use opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Contact person: Najko Jahn (SUB G\u00f6ttingen)<\/a><\/p>\n

    You can find more infor\u00adma\u00adtion on the project blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Data infra\u00adstruc\u00adture<\/h2>\n

    The KB operates a quali\u00adty-assured data infra\u00adstruc\u00adture hosted by FIZ Karlsruhe<\/a>. At the center of the data infra\u00adstruc\u00adture are the bibli\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00adic databas\u00ades Scopus (Elsevi\u00ader) and the new open database OpenAlex. Up until the end of 2025 we had also the core collec\u00adtion of Web of Science by Clari\u00advate licensed.<\/p>\n

    The databas\u00ades are checked using a series of automat\u00adic and semi-automat\u00adic proce\u00addures during the loading process\u00ades. Any errors during loading and mapping are correct\u00aded and, in the case of Scopus, in the case of Scopus, any data irreg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adties are report\u00aded to Elsevi\u00ader. Especial\u00adly with regard to OpenAlex, we are in the process of enhanc\u00ading the monitor\u00ading for an early detec\u00adtion of changes in data quali\u00adty and cover\u00adage, as we experi\u00adence high dynam\u00adics, but scarce\u00adly support. Some standard\u00adiza\u00adtions are made, especial\u00adly in the case of identi\u00adfiers and country infor\u00adma\u00adtion. Each database version is accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by an (hither\u00adto only) inter\u00adnal\u00adly published quali\u00adty assur\u00adance report and once a year aggre\u00adgat\u00aded data and indica\u00adtors are compared with the previ\u00adous year\u2019s status in publicly avail\u00adable yearly reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    The schemas of the biblio\u00admet\u00adric databas\u00ades are designed and optimized for use in biblio\u00admet\u00adric analy\u00adses; they also contain data enrichments\/disambiguation, e.g. of address and author data, as well as pre-calcu\u00adlat\u00aded indica\u00adtors. A partic\u00adu\u00adlar added value in this regard is the KB insti\u00adtu\u00adtion coding, which unifies the varying spellings contained in the address fields of the raw data supplied. The insti\u00adtu\u00adtion coding routine access\u00ades address infor\u00adma\u00adtion in Scopus and OAL raw data and provides a clear assign\u00adment of publi\u00adca\u00adtions to research insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, where\u00adby struc\u00adtur\u00adal changes in the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal landscape over time are repre\u00adsent\u00aded by means of two alter\u00adna\u00adtive mappings. The insti\u00adtu\u00adtion coding is processed for all publi\u00adca\u00adtions from Germany, so that biblio\u00admet\u00adric evalu\u00ada\u00adtions of German research insti\u00adtu\u00adtions are support\u00aded by a database of improved valid\u00adi\u00adty. The insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal coding is devel\u00adoped and operat\u00aded by I\u00b2SoS, Biele\u00adfeld Univer\u00adsi\u00adty, in cooper\u00ada\u00adtion with FIZ Karlsruhe.<\/p>\n

    Steps towards an open, repro\u00adducible infrastructure<\/h3>\n

    To support the repro\u00adducibil\u00adi\u00adty of biblio\u00admet\u00adric analy\u00adses, the quarter\u00adly updat\u00aded, quali\u00adty-checked biblio\u00admet\u00adric databas\u00ades are fixed and frozen at a defined point in time. The old versions of the databas\u00ades are archived. <\/span>In addition, an article was written in 2024 that describes concep\u00adtu\u00adal consid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions regard\u00ading the techni\u00adcal infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and the infra\u00adstruc\u00adture itself; it documents the database schema and loading process\u00ades, and outlines data curation and quali\u00adty assur\u00adance process\u00ades. The article thus aims to improve the repro\u00adducibil\u00adi\u00adty of research conduct\u00aded with KB data by disclos\u00ading and making these process\u00ades citable, as well as contribut\u00ading to a gener\u00adal discourse on effec\u00adtive infra\u00adstruc\u00adtures in this area. It was published<\/a> in Quanti\u00adta\u00adtive Science Studies in August 2025. Supple\u00admen\u00adtary materi\u00adals are stored on Zenodo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Further details are provid\u00aded in the respec\u00adtive reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    A publi\u00adca\u00adtion of select\u00aded, curat\u00aded data segments from the OPENBIB project is avail\u00adable via Github<\/a> and also via Zenodo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Appli\u00adca\u00adtion<\/h2>\n

    The Compe\u00adtence Network Biblio\u00admet\u00adrics is funded by the BMBF to provide this data infra\u00adstruc\u00adture; howev\u00ader, research projects are gener\u00adal\u00adly not funded within the frame\u00adwork of the KB. The partner insti\u00adtu\u00adtions of the KB use their basic funding or other third-party funding to conduct research on the basis of the data provid\u00aded by the KB. In recent years, numer\u00adous publi\u00adca\u00adtions and presen\u00adta\u00adtions have appeared that deal with method\u00adolog\u00adi\u00adcal questions of biblio\u00admet\u00adrics or use biblio\u00admet\u00adric data, for example, for questions relat\u00ading to sociol\u00ado\u00adgy of science or the econom\u00adics of innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    PUBLICATIONS AND TALKS<\/h2>\n

    These publi\u00adca\u00adtions and talks were made possi\u00adble by using the infra\u00adstruc\u00adture of the KB:<\/p>\n<\/div>