Sorbonne University unsubscribes from the Web of Science

https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorbonne-university-unsubscribes-web-science

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.

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TH1NKTHRICE@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

My first question was, what is the alternative? Here’s the answer:

…now working to consolidate a sustainable, international alternative, in particular by using OpenAlex.

Tomassci@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Thanks for retrieving this.