Exploring research impact beyond traditional metrics: Scite on citation sentiment
Institutional evaluations have traditionally been limited in that their assessment of research impact via citations received has relied on a simple count of citations. In this talk, Sean C. Rife, PhD, co-founder of Scite, and a Professor of Psychology at Murray State University, will present a new approach to rankings that incorporates the content of citations using Scite's data, which classifies citations as supporting, mentioning, or contrasting.
Sean will outline the process of collecting citation data, classifying citations, tying published works to institutions, and how these data are used to compute a content-weighted impact score for institutions that incorporates both the volume of citations received as well as the number of supporting and contrasting citations received. Examples from Scite's rankings report for institutions and journals will be included, and limitations will be discussed.
Speaker Details: Sean C. Rife, PhD is a co-founder of Scite, and a Professor of Psychology at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, USA. His research and teaching focuses on moral and political psychology, as well as metascience and the role bibliometrics can play in the reform of scientific institutions. He is Head of Academic Relations at Research Solutions, Inc. Scite’s parent company, where he is heading up their research on entity rankings. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Subject: Accounting. Business. Communication & Marketing. Economics. Finance & Financial Markets. Information Technology & Systems. Law. Leadership. Organisational Behaviour. Strategic Management. Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Academic Community. SMU Faculty & Staff.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Online via Zoom.
Exploring research impact beyond traditional metrics: OpenAlex on open research intelligence
To effectively plan and evaluate research strategies, institutions around the globe rely on data about the activities and outputs of their researchers and those at other institutions. Historically, those data were only available through costly commercial databases. Two years ago, OpenAlex launched as the most comprehensive and completely open database of the global research ecosystem (outputs, authors, institutions, etc.). In this session, we will (1) explore the foundations of OpenAlex as a source for research intelligence (2) showcase use cases by institutions around the world (3) walk through how to perform common research intelligence use cases in OpenAlex, and (4) leave time for interactive Q&A with the audience.
Speaker Details: Using data to make better decisions drives Kyle Demes. A former marine ecologist, he has spent the last decade working with governments and universities on developing and implementing data-driven research strategies. As Chief Operating Officer of OurResearch, he is working to build and sustain an open index of the world’s research ecosystem to ensure that analytics informing research strategies can be open and transparent. His spare time is split between his communities and the shorelines and mountains near… RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Subject: Accounting. Business. Communication & Marketing. Economics. Information Technology & Systems. Organisational Behaviour. Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Public. Academic Community. Partners. Current Student. SMU Faculty & Staff.
Monday, November 24, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Online via Zoom.
Humanising Technology: Reflections on Design, Ethics and Inclusion Book Launch & Fireside Chat
We created technology to enrich and enhance our lives, but have we ever paused to reflect on whether we are still in the driver’s seat, or if the very tools we built are now subtly steering us?
Join Professor Sun Sun Lim at the launch of Humanising Technology: Reflections on Design, Ethics and Inclusion, a collection of 50 of her opinion editorials that interrogate the multifaceted social impacts of technology. Drawing from over two decades of research and public engagement, she offers insights into how technology intersects with human values and societal norms. It is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding how we can navigate the digital age responsibly, ensuring that technological progress aligns with and enhances our shared humanity.
The session will feature a fireside chat moderated by Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at SMU’s College of Integrative Studies Dr Aidan M. Wong.
Speaker Details: Author
Sun Sun Lim
Vice President (Partnerships and Engagement)
Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication
& Technology
Sun Sun Lim authored Transcendent Parenting: Raising Children in the Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2020), among over 100 academic publications. She was Nominated Member of the 13th Parliament of Singapore and won the inaugural Top 50 Asia Women Tech Leaders Award 2024. She is Fellow of the International Communication Association and the Singapore Computer Society.
… RSVP: . Type: Talks & Forums. Subject: Communication & Marketing. Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Alumni. Academic Community. Professionals. Partners.
Thursday, November 27, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Singapore Management University
Li Ka Shing Library
Learning Labs 1 & 2
Level 5.