Sorbonne University has been deeply committed to the promotion and the development of  open science for many years. According to its commitment to open research information, it has decided to discontinue its subscription to the Web of Science publication database and Clarivate bibliometric tools in 2024. By resolutely abandoning the use of proprietary bibliometric products, it is opening the way for open, free and participative tools.

Sorbonne University has been deeply committed to the promotion and the development of open science for many years. According to its commitment to open research information, it has decided to discontinue its subscription to the Web of Science publication database and Clarivate bibliometric tools in 2024. By resolutely abandoning the use of proprietary bibliometric products, it is opening the way for open, free and participative tools.

  • Cosmicomical@kbin.social
    19·
    7 months ago

    The title makes it look like it’s a bad thing, should be something like “Sorbonne university goes full on open-source”

  • flyos@jlai.lu
    7·
    7 months ago

    They said they would use OpenAlex instead, but cannot find a way to use the openalex.org website in any meaningful way. I can’t even search for an article in the database. Am I being thick?

    • flyos@jlai.lu
      9·
      7 months ago

      Never mind, you need to click on “Filter”, select a particular filter and then input your search keywords. Not super intuitive, but it does work.