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  1. Dataset2026Open Access
    Pesquisa sobre monitoramento e avaliação da comunicação pública de ciência e tecnologia dos CEPIDs(opens in a new tab)

    Daré, Eliane da Fonseca; Salles Filho, Sérgio

    Este arquivo contém um questionário enviado a coordenadores de difusão de 17 Centros de Pesquisa, Inovação e Difusão (CEPIDs) financiados pela Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). O questionário integra uma pesquisa científica vinculada a dissertação desenvolvida no Instituto de Geociências da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) por Eliane da Fonseca Daré, sob orientação do Prof. Dr. Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles-Filho. O propósito central do questionário é compreender de que forma os CEPIDs gerem e estruturam as suas atividades de difusão de conhecimento e comunicação pública da ciência, com um enfoque particular nos últimos 36 meses anteriores à aplicação do mesmo. A pesquisa buscou estruturar um panorama sobre a missão difusão dos CEPIDs. Para isso, o questionário ajudou a mapear as práticas de planejamento, as dificuldades enfrentadas no relacionamento com a sociedade e a imprensa, os canais digitais mais utilizados e, sobretudo, os mecanismos e ferramentas adotados por estes centros de excelência para monitorar e avaliar o impacto e o alcance das suas mídias digitais e redes sociais junto ao público não acadêmico. O escopo do questionário está estruturado em torno de três grandes dimensões: recursos humanos e estrutura de comunicação; ações de divulgação e relacionamento com público; gestão de mídias digitais, métricas e indicadores. O questionário investiga o perfil das equipes responsáveis pela difusão nos CEPIDs; explora as estratégias de comunicação adotadas nos últimos 3 anos, os públicos-alvo prioritários e a frequência de interação através de canais tradicionais e digitais; inquere sobre a utilização de ferramentas analíticas para monitorar mídias digitais; buscar fazer um diagnóstico sobre os principais entraves e barreiras que os CEPIDs encontram para expandir a sua comunicação pública — tais como escassez de verba, falta de pessoal especializado, descompasso temporal entre o imediatismo dos media e o tempo da ciência, ou a ausência de políticas institucionais claras para valorizar a difusão científica. A aplicação do questionário ocorreu entre fevereiro e março de 2026, tendo sido previamente aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Unicamp (sob o CAAE nº 89514125.6.0000.8142). A participação foi voluntária. Como no convite enviado aos entrevistados foi assegurado que os dados coletados seriam tratados de forma estritamente confidencial e anonimizada, as respostas individuais não serão disponibilizadas no REDU. Contatar os autores para mais informações.

    DOI: 10.25824/redu/eajlpr
  2. Working Paper2026Open Access
    Report: Researchers just love high impact journals, but are there career-proof alternatives?(opens in a new tab)

    Brasil, André; van Himbergen, Thomas; Nooren, Irene M.A.; Constantin, Maria Ermioni

    At the SURF research day 2026, we asked the attendees of our workshop if they agree or not with four statements. This report summarizes the views of the participants. Slides are available at Presentation: Unspoken truth: Everyone wants to publish in high impact factor journals. But how to adopt the alternatives | Zenodo

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20759831
  4. Article2026Open AccessFR
    La diffusion savante en français au Québec et dans la francophonie canadienne(opens in a new tab)

    St-Onge, Sylvain; Forgues, Éric; Volkanova, Victoria; Larivière, Vincent

    L’anglicisation des activités de diffusion de la recherche est un fait attesté depuis plusieurs années, tant à l’échelle internationale que canadienne, et ce, dans des proportions variables, dans tous les domaines scientifiques. Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude qui a cherché à comprendre les effets qu’entraîne l’anglicisation de la recherche sur les revues qui publient en français au Canada en analysant leur transition vers le libre accès, leurs contraintes financières ainsi que les perceptions de leurs responsables. À partir d’une recension de 245 revues qui publient en français, ainsi que les résultats de 82 de ces revues ayant participé à notre sondage, notre analyse met en lumière une certaine contradiction : bien que les revues qui publient en français se déclarent moins optimistes quant à l’avenir de la publication en français, celles-ci démontrent une résilience importante dans un environnement scientifique largement dominé par l’anglais. Cette étude contribue à nuancer la compréhension des diverses conditions de production et de diffusion des savoirs scientifiques en français au Canada, et avance une réflexion sur les mesures à prendre pour soutenir de façon durable l’écosystème francophone de la recherche.

    DOI: 10.7202/1126327ar
  7. Article2026Open Access
    Estruturas e estratégias institucionais para equidade de gênero em universidades brasileiras(opens in a new tab)

    Atães, Daniela; Carneiro, Ana Maria

    A transformação institucional para a promoção da equidade de gênero na carreira acadêmica é um tema de grande repercussão internacional, porém ainda pouco estudado no Brasil. Esta pesquisa analisou as estruturas e estratégias institucionais adotadas em busca de equidade em quatro universidades públicas brasileiras, por meio da realização de entrevistas com gestores e ativistas, além de análise de documentos e informações dessas universidades. Os resultados destacam a importância de fortalecer a cultura institucional para estruturar iniciativas nas universidades e estabelecer um consenso entre os acadêmicos. A participação democrática e atuação conjunta com órgãos reguladores, financiadores e outras instituições são vistas como elementos importantes para gerar essa transformação. Temas como maternidade, parentalidade, cuidado, assédio e violência de gênero, e desigualdades na trajetória profissional se mostram centrais para promover o desenvolvimento. Além disso, o estudo evidencia os desafios enfrentados pelos entrevistados, como visões conservadoras e meritocráticas, que sustentam discursos de resistência encoberta no meio acadêmico.

    DOI: 10.54674/ess.v37i2.1030
  8. Article2026Open Access
    Scientific mobility, prestige and topic alignment in research institutions(opens in a new tab)

    Ferreira, Márcia R.; Costas, Rodrigo; Servedio, Vito D. P.; Thurner, Stefan

    Research institutions are crucial in driving intellectual, social, and technological progress. Their ability to innovate depends mainly on their ability to attract, retain, and nurture scientific talent, ultimately making it available to other organizations, industries, or the economy. As researchers change institutions during their careers, their research topics also shift. The extent and mechanisms by which research institutions manage their internal portfolio of scientific topics through the attraction and deployment of researchers are far from well understood. We examine 25 million publication histories of 9.2 million scientists extracted from a large-scale bibliographic database covering thousands of research institutions worldwide to understand how the topics of mobile scientists align with those present in-house. We find a correlation between top-ranked institutions and greater topic alignment, i.e., the degree to which topics of incoming academics match those of their colleagues at the institution. We uncover a similarly high level of alignment among scientists leaving top-ranked institutions. The alignment of research topics in research institutions is more pronounced in engineering, life, health, earth, and physical sciences than in mathematics, computer science, social sciences, and the humanities. We show that institutions have generally become more closely aligned in their overall topic profile over the past two decades. We interpret these results in terms of the levels of proactive management of the composition of the scientific workforce and internal collaboration strategies at the institutional level.

    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-026-05815-7PrestigeBibliometricsWorkforcePortfolio
  10. Article2026Open Access
    Changing Topic Bias in Biomedical Science Maps by Linking Documents Through Alternative Data Sources: Policy Documents, Patents, Authors, Facebook, and Twitter(opens in a new tab)

    Bascur, Juan Pablo; Costas, Rodrigo; Verberne, Suzan

    Purpose Traditional science maps cluster documents into topics but are inherently biased toward clustering certain topics over others. This study investigates the extent to which topic bias can be influenced through the selection of data sources used to construct document networks. Design/methodology/approach We evaluate the clustering effectiveness of several topic categories using document networks constructed from two traditional science mapping sources (citations and text similarity) and six non-traditional data sources (policy documents, patent families, document authors, Facebook users, Twitter users, and Twitter conversations). Each source is evaluated both independently and in combination with a text similarity network. Findings Different data sources favor different kinds of topics. Facebook users favor health issues, patent families favor biotechnology topics, policy documents favor government and social issues, Twitter conversations favor food topics, Twitter users favor nursing topics, and document authors favor geographical entities. These findings demonstrate that topic bias can be systematically influenced through data source selection. Research limitations The study focuses on biomedical publications and is limited to the topic categories and data sources examined. Additional domains, data sources, and source combination methods may exhibit different patterns of topic bias. Practical implications The ability to influence topic bias through data source selection opens up the possibility of creating science maps tailored to different information needs. The reported source-specific biases can support the design of science maps optimized for particular users, tasks, or domains. Originality/value This study provides one of the first large-scale investigations of how alternative data sources affect topic emergence in science maps. It introduces an expanded methodology for evaluating topic-level clustering effectiveness and systematically characterizes the topical biases associated with different data sources, providing a foundation for future science map customization.

    DOI: 10.1515/jdis-2026-0114Data scienceComputer science
  11. Article2026Open Access
    Who Needs National Journals? Dissemination Strategies in Canadian Scholarly Communication(opens in a new tab)

    Pradier, Carolina; Céspedes, Lucía; van Bellen, Simon; Alperín, Juan Pablo; Larivière, Vincent

    The dominance of English-language journals marginalizes national and local scholarly publications. Focusing on Canada’s bilingual (English and French), community‑oriented and Open Access‑rich journal ecosystem, this study uses comprehensive data to ask who relies on Canadian journals, how language and research focus affect reach, and what that reveals about balancing local relevance with global visibility. Drawing on two major bibliometric databases (OpenAlex and Dimensions), we show that Canadian journals play a key role as venues for the dissemination of locally relevant research while also contributing to the global infrastructure for scholarly communication. Most articles published in Canadian journals are authored by researchers affiliated with foreign institutions, and most research authored by Canadians is published in journals based outside Canada. We find that Canadian authors are most likely to publish their work in national journals when they are in decision-making roles, when the language of publication is French, or when the topics are locally relevant. Our findings also challenge the notion that only the Social Sciences and Humanities are locally bound: for the Canadian case, Life and earth sciences and Biomedical and health sciences were also found to be linguistically and geographically grounded. Finally, while researchers affiliated with government institutions are the most likely to publish in Canadian journals and to engage in research that has a Canadian object of study, researchers affiliated with French-speaking Québec-based universities stand out as the largest contributors to the Canadian journal ecosystem and account for the highest volume of French-language publications.

    DOI: 10.5206/cjils-rcsib.v49i2.24726PublicationScholarly communicationBibliometrics
  12. Conference Paper2026Open Access
    Diferenças de gênero de autores e documentos da América Latina comparando as bases de dados: OpenAlex, Ranking Aberto de Leiden, Scopus e SciELO(opens in a new tab)

    Choji, Thamyres Tetsue; Mazoni, Alysson; Moral-Muñoz, José A.; Cobo, Manuel J.; Costas, Rodrigo

    Este estudo compara a presença de autores latino-americanos nas bases OpenAlex, Ranking Aberto de Leiden, Scopus e SciELO, analisando diferenças de gênero e tempo de carreira. Os resultados indicam que OpenAlex apresenta perfil mais inclusivo e maior representação de autores em início de carreira. LRCCOE e Scopus mostram maior seletividade e maior presença masculina, enquanto SciELO apresenta maior proporção de mulheres e menor diferença de gênero em estágios seniores. As desigualdades variam de acordo com a base utilizada.

    DOI: 10.22477/x.ebbc.970SciELOScopus
  13. Conference Paper2026Open Access
    Mapeamento da produção científica sobre o oceano no Brasil (2018-2025)(opens in a new tab)

    Barata, Germana; do Canto, Fábio Lorensi; Lemos, Wadson; Segundo, Washington

    A Década do Oceano da Unesco chegou à metade, tornando relevante mapear a produção científica brasileira sobre oceano entre 2018 e 2025. Este estudo analisou dados da OpenAlex e os disponibilizou em painel online interativo. Foram recuperados 20.036 documentos, 90,6% de artigos, 94,7% em inglês e 45,9% com coautoria internacional. Aproximadamente 73% da produção é das ciências biológicas e ambientais, geografia e geologia e vinculada ao ODS 14 (Vida na Água). Observa-se queda progressiva nas publicações desde 2021, resultado que será objeto de análise futura, e a necessidade de fomentar pesquisas na física, química e humanidades.

    DOI: 10.22477/x.ebbc.1064Data collection
  15. Conference Paper2026Open Access
    Transparência metodológica em estudos bibliométricos brasileiros: uma análise da descrição das estratégias de busca(opens in a new tab)

    dos Santos, Thamyres Vieira; Mugnaini, Rogério

    A expansão de estudos bibliométricos suscita preocupações quanto à transparência metodológica e à reprodutibilidade das análises. Este estudo analisa como as estratégias de busca são descritas em estudos bibliométricos brasileiros publicados em 2025. Realiza-se análise documental quantitativa de artigos indexados na Scopus, com checklist para examinar o detalhamento das estratégias. Os resultados indicam que, embora a maioria dos estudos mencione a estratégia de busca, apenas parte deles apresenta descrição completa da string utilizada. Observa-se relação direta entre o nível de detalhamento da estratégia e o grau de reprodutibilidade, evidenciando a importância de práticas mais sistemáticas de relato metodológico.

    DOI: 10.22477/x.ebbc.1182Checklist
  16. Conference Paper2026Open Access
    Sharing the Load: Open Research Information Resources for the STI Community in the Cloud(opens in a new tab)

    Neylon, Cameron; Kramer, Bianca; Mazoni, Alysson; Costas, Rodrigo; Jahn, Najko; van Eck, Nees Jan

    The potential benefits of open research information (ORI) for STI are only just beginning to be realised. For responsible STI indicators, we want to use and recombine ORI resources on a large scale, including among others OpenAlex, OpenAIRE, rankings and national research databases. This special session showcases the Open Research Information Online Databases (ORION-DBs) collective, which makes ORI resources publicly available in the cloud, initially focusing on Google BigQuery. The combined collections comprise 14TB of size. The special session begins with short presentations from the participating MultiObs, Sesame Open Science, SUB Göttingen and CWTS groups, each introducing their open data offerings with an emphasis on reusability for the STI community. A brief hands-on demonstration will illustrate how the different datasets can be combined, showcasing the potential of this approach. Participants will then be invited to pitch research ideas using the presented resources and to discuss the potential of ORION-DBs.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22656704Cloud computingOpen research
  17. Conference Paper2026Open Access
    Operationalising journals' communication functions through citation patterns and local dimensions(opens in a new tab)

    Di Césare, Victoria; Robinson-García, Nicolás; Costas, Rodrigo

    This preliminary study operationalises the knowledge bridging and gap-filling communication functions of scientific journals, originally proposed by Chavarro et al. (2017). Considering their theoretical definitions, we link these functions to our local research framework (Di Césare & Robinson-Garcia, 2026) through the producers and recipients dimensions, and measure them using local or global references and citations drawn from OpenAlex articles. We aim to empirically identify knowledge bridging and gap-filling journals, both within and outside the mainstream. The results suggest that the vast majority of these journals are non-mainstream. The thematic profiles of their references and citations validate our geographical operationalisations. Gap-filling journals belong predominantly to the non-mainstream local Social Sciences, whereas in the non-mainstream knowledge bridging journals, the Health Sciences emerge. These domain-level findings support the journals' theoretical functions of serving, respectively, as venues for the publication of knowledge overlooked by the mainstream, and as bridges between mainstream knowledge and local communities.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22656966MainstreamCitationThematic mapSociology of scientific knowledge
  18. Conference Paper2026Open Access
    Gender representation of Latin American authors across bibliographic data sources: OpenAlex, Leiden Ranking Core Collection Open Edition, Scopus and SciELO(opens in a new tab)

    Choji, Thamyres Tetsue; Mazoni, Alysson; Moral-Muñoz, José A.; Costas, Rodrigo; Cobo, Manuel J.

    Nowadays bibliographic data sources are available, and their coverage is shaped by their scope and indexing criteria. Their comparison can reveal what they underrepresent or exclude, particularly in regions such as Latin America, which presents specific characteristics in knowledge production. This study compares four data sources: OpenAlex, Leiden Ranking Core Collection Open Edition, Scopus, and SciELO. We analyze document coverage and author visibility by gender, career length, and language of publication. OpenAlex was used as the baseline, and comparisons were made using DOI and persistent author identifiers. Results show that, after OpenAlex, Scopus presents the largest coverage of documents (47.7%) and authors (52.1%), but with larger gender differences than SciELO. SciELO shows higher representation of women, particularly among exclusive authors, career lengths, and more authors publishing in Spanish (30.4%) and Portuguese (46%). These findings suggest that data sources may shape gender representation and multilingual publication practices in Latin America.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22656952SciELOScopusLatin AmericansPortuguese
  19. Working Paper2026Open Access
    MEECSE: Monitoring the implementation of Enabling Environments for Citizen Science & Societal Engagement practices(opens in a new tab)

    Gold, Margaret; Costas, Rodrigo; Wehn, Uta

    The MEECSE project furthers the NPOS Ambition2030 and rolling agenda 'towards societal engagement and participation' by supporting the implementation of effective actions to establish enabling environments for Citizen Science & Societal Engagement (CS&SE) practices. The core activities in the project are to: identify ways that enabling environments for CS&SE are being implemented, identify barriers to implementation, develop and test indicators for monitoring progress and effectiveness of enabling actions identify related CS&SE impact indicators, and seek integration of both indicator-sets in OS monitoring frameworks, thereby strengthening the evidence base for CS&SE practices within Open Science.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21700700Citizen sciencePublic engagement
  20. Conference Paper2026Open Access
    Cognitive Proximity in a Hierarchical World: From Local Collaboration to Limited Global Brokerage(opens in a new tab)

    Borges, Luís; Mazoni, Alysson

    This paper examines the relative importance of cognitive proximity and geographical distance in shaping scientific collaboration, using Brazil as a large-scale empirical case in the Global South. Based on OpenAlex data (2010–2024), we estimate a gravity model showing that, although geographical distance negatively affects collaboration, cognitive proximity is a stronger predictor of scientific interaction. To complement this analysis, we examine the structure of international collaboration among the 23 countries with the highest number of publications. The results reveal persistent hierarchical patterns, with intermediation concentrated in a few dominant hubs. While countries such as Brazil have expanded their scientific output and international collaboration, their brokerage capacity remains limited. These findings suggest a pattern of 'concentrated deconcentration', in which increasing cognitive alignment facilitates collaboration over longer distances and scientific production becomes more geographically distributed, while brokerage capacity and structural influence remain concentrated in a limited set of countries.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22656550CognitionIntermediationGeographical distanceSocially distributed cognition