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ABOUT KB<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

About KB<\/strong>
\nThe Compe\u00adtence Network for Bibliometrics<\/a>
\nOrgani\u00adza\u00adtion<\/a>
\nHisto\u00adry of the KB<\/a>
\nAdviso\u00adry council<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

THE COMPETENCE NETWORK FOR BIBLIOMETRICS<\/h2>\n

Gover\u00adnance forms in science have changed in the last 20 years. Increased competive\u00adness, inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtion, output-orient\u00aded control mecha\u00adnisms, evalu\u00ada\u00adtion, growth of grant-based funding, public account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty, quali\u00adty manage\u00adment, insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal profil\u00ading and strate\u00adgic planning of research are some of the keywords of what is often summa\u00adrized as new public management.<\/p>\n

Such a steer\u00ading system not only needs valid infor\u00adma\u00adtion on input, output and process parame\u00adters on differ\u00adent levels but also requires a careful analy\u00adsis of the condi\u00adtions of the produc\u00adtion of knowl\u00adedge, changes in them and the results of inter\u00adven\u00adtions. Given this, not only science policy but also actors such as funding agencies, journal publish\u00aders, the econo\u00admy, members of civil society and the gener\u00adal public are reliant on scien\u00adto\u00admet\u00adric infor\u00adma\u00adtion that is subject to regular verification.<\/p>\n

One of the central sources of infor\u00adma\u00adtion is the system of scien\u00adtif\u00adic commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion through which the dissem\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion and valida\u00adtion of schol\u00adar\u00adly knowl\u00adedge is organized. Biblio\u00admet\u00adrics uses the data on authors, journals, insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, funding organi\u00adza\u00adtions and topics that arise from the commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion process and trans\u00adforms them into indica\u00adtors, struc\u00adtur\u00adal displays and indexes.<\/p>\n

The KB for German Science funded since late 2008 by the Feder\u00adal Ministry for Research, Technol\u00ado\u00adgy and Space (BMFTR) has construct\u00aded a quali\u00adty controlled in-house data infra\u00adstruc\u00adture<\/a>, based on the databas\u00ades Scopus (Elsevi\u00ader), Web of Science (Clari\u00advate), and newly OpenAlex (OurRe\u00adsearch), for these purpos\u00ades and uses it for the devel\u00adop\u00adment and advance\u00adment of analyt\u00adi\u00adcal methods and indicators.<\/p>\n

The objec\u00adtives of the KB are<\/p>\n