The last issue 2021 of the journal Scientometrics has been published. This issue contains all articles of the Special Issue: Quantitative Studies of Science in Germany. All articles are as open access freely available.
“This special issue brings together research conducted in the context of the German competence centre for bibliometrics (KB) based on funding from the federal government. It also shows currents trends and challenges in scientometrics. The collection of articles demonstrates that an increased and broadened usage of the KB infrastructure has been achieved.”
https://link.springer.com/collections/jifihhadei
Two GESIS contributions in the Special Issue:
- Anne Hobert, Najko Jahn, Philipp Mayr, Birgit Schmidt & Niels Taubert: Open access uptake in Germany 2010–2018: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11192-021-04002-0
- Fakhri Momeni, Philipp Mayr, Nicholas Fraser & Isabella Peters: What happens when a journal converts to open access? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11192-021-03972-5