Bianca Kramer is Information/Collection Specialist, Sesame Open Science at Utrecht University

Blogs

Introducing the Leiden Ranking Open Edition

This post introduces the Open Edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking, published today by CWTS in collaboration with the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative, Sesame Open Science, and OurResearch. The Leiden Ranking Open Edition is the first fully transparent university ranking.

Ludo Waltman, Nees Jan van Eck, Martijn Visser, Mark Neijssel, Lucy Montgomery, Cameron Neylon, Bianca Kramer, Kyle Demes and Jason Priem • January 30, 2024

Q&A about Wiley's decision to open its abstracts

In this post Ludo Waltman and Bianca Kramer reflect on today’s announcement that Wiley is joining the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) and is going to make abstracts openly available through Crossref.

Ludo Waltman and Bianca Kramer • October 25, 2022

The Initiative for Open Abstracts: Celebrating our first anniversary

In this blog post, Ludo Waltman, Bianca Kramer, and David Shotton, co-founders of the Initiative for Open Abstracts, celebrate the first anniversary of the initiative.

Ludo Waltman, Bianca Kramer and David Shotton • October 06, 2021

Why openly available abstracts are important — overview of the current state of affairs

Openness of the metadata of scientific articles is increasingly being discussed. In this blog post, Aaron Tay (SMU Libraries, Singapore Management University), Bianca Kramer (Utrecht University Library), and Ludo Waltman (CWTS, Leiden University) discuss the value of openly available abstracts.

Aaron Tay, Bianca Kramer and Ludo Waltman • June 30, 2020