CCA releases new report on “The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025”
Science-Metrix was commissioned by CCA to perform bibliometric and technometric analyses to evaluate Canada’s research and innovation performance. This was the latest update to a series of studies carried out in 2006, 2011 and 2016.
Science-Metrix presents innovative research at STI Conference
Science-Metrix presents innovative research at STI Conference November 2024 At STI 2024 in Berlin, Science-Metrix presented two innovative papers, introducing new methodologies to extract insights on academic mentorship and international collaboration. Tree Index: a new widescale indicator on contribution to mentorship Guillaume Roberge and David Campbell introduced the tree index (TI), a new bibliometric indicator designed to […]
EC releases the 2024 SRIP report with contributions from Science-Metrix
EU releases the 2024 SRIP report with contributions from Science-Metrix July 2024 The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has just published the Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU, 2024 (SRIP) report, its flagship report on the EU’s position within the global research and innovation landscape, to which Science-Metrix made several significant contributions, in […]
New study reports on the state of gender equality in research and innovation
New study reports on the state of gender equality in research and innovation June 2024 Today Elsevier launches a new report, “Progress towards Gender Equality in Research & Innovation – 2024 Review.” This report examines progress that has been made towards parity in the research and innovation landscape over the past two decades. Among its […]
Science-Metrix contributes to the European Commission’s evaluation studies of its green and digital transition policy agendas
Science-Metrix contributes to the European Commission’s evaluation studies of its green and digital transition policy agendas October 2023 The European Commission has just published evaluation studies of two large cross-cutting policy agendas aimed at tackling major societal challenges, and Science-Metrix contributed quantitative analyses to both evaluations. The programs being evaluated were planned to expedite the […]
Science-Metrix to present on the normalization of rare citation events at STI 2023
Science-Metrix to present on the normalization of rare citation events at STI 2023 September 2023 Science-Metrix analyst Henrique Pinheiro will present a paper on normalization approaches for “rare citation events,” in the context of uptake of peer-reviewed publications in the policy-related literature at STI 2023 on September 29. Although citations of research publications are common […]
Science-Metrix contributes to CGIAR’s evaluation guidelines
Science-Metrix contributes to CGIAR’s evaluation guidelines March 2023 CGIAR recently published guidelines that harmonize how research and science quality is evaluated within CGIAR. These guidelines draw on work that Science-Metrix completed for CGIAR last year. In 2022, CGIAR Advisory Services (CAS) contracted Science-Metrix to create recommendations on the use of bibliometrics to evaluate quality of […]
Working together on clean oceans and waterways
Working together for clean oceans and waterways February 2023 Eight million metric tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean each year, and more than one million marine organisms die each year from plastic pollution[1]. Plastic damages coral reefs, harms the marine ecosystem, and can break down into microplastics, pieces of plastic so small they are […]
European Commission selects Science-Metrix-led consortium for new multi-year project on R&I landscape
European Commission selects Science-Metrix-led consortium for new multi-year project on R&I landscape January 2023 The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (DG RTD) has selected Science-Metrix to carry out the project “Quantitative evidence to EU R&I policy.” The goal of the 3-year project is to give a better understanding of the EU’s Research and […]
Analyzing REF outputs: exploring new approaches
Analyzing REF outputs: exploring new approaches December 2022 REF—the Research Excellence Framework—is an evaluation of the research impact of UK higher education institutions. In a recent study, Science-Metrix, collaborating with Technopolis, investigated the possibilities for using machine learning and automated processes on REF 2021 data. The goal of this study, which was commissioned by a group of […]