Encouraging news from France: The National Centre for Scientifics Research (CNRS) announced it is walking away from its Web of Science subscription - noting impact factors distort research practices. Money saved will be redirected to #OpenScience & #OpenData initiatives. cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breakin…
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'CNRS