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Overview

Paul Wouters is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands and primarily works within the Social Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty; Communication; Sociology and Political Science; Statistical and Nonlinear Physics; and Management of Technology and Innovation.

Their scientific output demonstrates a focus on scientometrics and bibliometrics research, with considerable engagement in topics such as Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Wikis in Education and Collaboration, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Knowledge Management and Sharing, Misinformation and Its Impacts, and University-Industry-Government Innovation Models.

Among the frequent collaborators are Zhichao Fang, Rodrigo Costas, Loet Leydesdorff, Lin Zhang, and Wencan Tian, reflecting a diverse and interdisciplinary network of co-authors.

Their recent publications illustrate a consistent contribution to the understanding of scholarly communication and citation analysis. Notable papers include:

  • User engagement with scholarly tweets of scientific papers: a large-scale and cross-disciplinary analysis, 2022, Scientometrics
  • How is science clicked on Twitter? Click metrics for Bitly short links to scientific publications, 2021, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • Trajectories and regimes in research versus knowledge evaluations: Contributions to an evolutionary theory of citation, 2022, El Profesional de la Informacion
  • Trajectories and Regimes in Research and Knowledge Evaluations: Contributions to an Evolutionary Theory of Citation?, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Editorial: A tribute to Loet Leydesdorff by his coauthors and friends, 2025, Scientometrics

Wouters' work has been published extensively in journals such as Scientometrics, which accounts for a majority of their contributions, as well as appearances in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, El Profesional de la Informacion, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics

    Diana Hicks;Paul Wouters;Ludo Waltman;Sarah de Rijcke

  • Citations, Citation Indicators, and Research Quality: An Overview of Basic Concepts and Theories

    Dag W. Aksnes;Liv Langfeldt;Paul Wouters

  • Do altmetrics correlate with citations? Extensive comparison of altmetric indicators with citations from a multidisciplinary perspective

    Rodrigo Costas;Zohreh Zahedi;Paul Wouters

  • The metric tide: report of the independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment and management

    James Wilsdon;Liz Allen;Eleonora Belfiore;Philip Campbell

  • How well developed are altmetrics? A cross-disciplinary analysis of the presence of `alternative metrics' in scientific publications

    Zohreh Zahedi;Rodrigo Costas;Paul Wouters

  • The Leiden ranking 2011/2012: Data collection, indicators, and interpretation

    Ludo Waltman;Clara Calero-Medina;Joost Kosten;Ed C.M. Noyons

  • Evaluation practices and effects of indicator use : a literature review

    S De Rijcke;P F Wouters;A D Rushforth;T P Franssen

  • How well developed are Altmetrics? Cross-disciplinary analysis of the presence of 'alternative metrics' in scientific publications

    Z. Zahedi;R. Costas;P.F. Wouters;J. Gorraiz

  • The citation culture

    P.F. Wouters

  • Promoting Access to Public Research Data for Scientific, Economic, and Social Development

    Peter W. Arzberger;Peter Schroeder;Anne Beaulieu;Geoffrey C. Bowker

  • How well developed are Altmetrics? Cross-disciplinary analysis of the presence of alternative metrics in scientific publications?

    Zohreh Zahedi;Rodrigo Costas;Paul Wouters

  • Mixed methods research: what it is and what it could be

    Rob Timans;Paul Wouters;Johan Heilbron

  • Users, narcissism and control – tracking the impact of scholarly publications in the 21st century

    Rodrigo Costas;Paul Wouters

  • An International Framework to Promote Access to Data

    Peter Arzberger;Peter Schroeder;Anne Beaulieu;Geof Bowker

  • Professional and citizen bibliometrics: complementarities and ambivalences in the development and use of indicators--a state-of-the-art report

    Loet Leydesdorff;Paul Wouters;Lutz Bornmann

  • Using Google Scholar in research evaluation of humanities and social science programs: A comparison with Web of Science data

    Ad A.M. Prins;Rodrigo Costas;Thed N. van Leeuwen;Paul F. Wouters

  • An extensive analysis of the presence of altmetric data for Web of Science publications across subject fields and research topics

    Zhichao Fang;Rodrigo Costas;Rodrigo Costas;Wencan Tian;Xianwen Wang

  • The thematic orientation of publications mentioned on social media: Large-scale disciplinary comparison of social media metrics with citations

    Rodrigo Costas;Zohreh Zahedi;Paul Wouters

  • Translating upwards : linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics

    Clément Levallois;John A. Clithero;Paul Wouters;Ale Smidts

  • Has Price's dream come true: Is scientometrics a hard science?

    Paul Wouters;Loet Leydesdorff

  • Professional and Citizen Bibliometrics: Complementarities and ambivalences in the development and use of indicators

    Loet Leydesdorff;Paul Wouters;Lutz Bornmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodrigo Costas
Rodrigo Costas Leiden University
Loet Leydesdorff
Loet Leydesdorff University of Amsterdam
Ludo Waltman
Ludo Waltman Leiden University
Thed N. van Leeuwen
Thed N. van Leeuwen Leiden University
Nees Jan van Eck
Nees Jan van Eck Leiden University
Ismael Rafols
Ismael Rafols Leiden University
Ale Smidts
Ale Smidts Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mike Thelwall
Mike Thelwall University of Sheffield
Scott A. Huettel
Scott A. Huettel Duke University
Cassidy R. Sugimoto
Cassidy R. Sugimoto Indiana University

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