Open Science Indicators as Metadata Fields?

Area of Science:

• Bibliometrics
• Open Science
• Scientific Communication

Background:

• The field of scientometrics has seen significant advancements since 2000.
• Innovations like Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) and ORCID have transformed scientific landscape and data analysis.
• The evolution of funding information from acknowledgments to structured metadata sets a precedent for incorporating new data types.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose open science practices (open data, open material, preregistration) as article-specific metadata fields.
• To explore the potential of these indicators for enhancing scientometric analysis.
• To draw parallels with the historical integration of funding information into scientific metadata.

Main Methods:

• Literature review on scientometrics and open science.
• Analysis of existing metadata standards and their evolution.
• Examination of the Center for Open Science's initiatives, including the TOP Factor database and open science badges.

Main Results:

• Open science indicators can be integrated as article-specific metadata.
• The Center for Open Science actively promotes and tracks open science practices.
• Open science badges demonstrate a measurable performance metric for open science.

Conclusions:

• Integrating open science indicators as metadata fields represents a logical progression in scientometrics.
• This integration can significantly enhance the depth and scope of scientific impact analysis.
• Further research and pilot studies are necessary to explore the complexities and potential of this undertaking.