Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis:

• Comparative analysis of bibliometric statistics from different sources.

• The historical evolution and implications of the journal impact factor.

• Referencing practices in different disciplines and their implications.

Open Access Publications:

• The proportion and impact of open-access papers published globally and in Europe.

• The comparison of research impact between paywalled and open-access papers.

Scientific Output and Collaboration Networks:

• Benchmarking scientific output in social sciences and humanities.

• Analysis of collaboration networks in Canadian research spheres.

• Examining the dynamics of scientific literature aging and citation concentration over time.

Research Evaluation and Policy:

• Using bibliometrics as a performance measurement tool in research evaluation, with specific case studies.

• Exploring the concentration of research funds, publications, and citations to identify scientific elites.

• Assessing the limitations of existing databases and bibliometrics for the analysis of literature in social sciences and humanities.