Kathryn Weber-Boer

Kathryn Weber-Boer, Director Scientometrics – Scientometric Researcher Engagement, manages the Scientometric Researcher Access to Data (SRAD) program. She works with researchers using Altmetric and Dimensions data to better understand how science, policy, and innovation actually works.

As a computational social scientist, Kathryn is dedicated to finding responsible ways to show the myriad successes of research and researchers, exploring how non-traditional metrics can help us better understand the use and perception of research, and focusing attention on research integrity to strengthen public trust in research.

Her research has looked at the importance of collaboration between social sciences and STEM research, the role of mentorship on open access publishing practices, the growing use and reuse of shared research data, and the identification of social sciences and humanities citations. She is currently concerned with the investigation of distorted (also known as hallucinated) references.