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| Henk F. Moed | |
|---|---|
| Name | Henk F. Moed |
| Birth date | 1947 |
| Birth place | Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Fields | Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Information Science |
| Workplaces | Elsevier, Leiden University, University of Leiden |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Known for | Citation analysis, Research evaluation, Scopus studies |
Henk F. Moed
Henk F. Moed is a Dutch scholar in bibliometrics, scientometrics, and information science noted for contributions to citation analysis, research evaluation, and scholarly communication studies. He has held positions at Elsevier, Leiden University, and editorial roles connected with journals and databases such as Scopus, Science Citation Index, and Journal of Informetrics. His work influenced policy discussions in institutions including the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and national research councils.
Born in the Netherlands in 1947, Moed pursued higher education at the University of Amsterdam, where he studied subjects that led him toward quantitative studies of scholarly communication and information retrieval. During his formative years he encountered the emerging frameworks developed by scholars like Derek J. de Solla Price, Eugene Garfield, and D. J. B. Donaldson which informed his interest in citation indexing, bibliographic databases such as Chemical Abstracts Service and MEDLINE, and evaluation metrics. His doctoral and postdoctoral training situated him at the intersection of library science and quantitative analysis alongside contemporaries associated with Leiden University and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Moed held research and managerial roles at Elsevier during periods when major bibliographic tools such as Scopus and ScienceDirect were developed, collaborating with teams linked to Reed Elsevier and corporate research groups. He served as a professor and researcher at Leiden University and maintained affiliations with research evaluation units connected to the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and national funding agencies. His career involved participation in international networks including the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, the Committee on Publication Ethics, and advisory panels convened by the European Commission and the OECD.
Moed advanced methodologies in citation analysis, addressing issues in field-normalization, fractional counting, and time-window selection used by systems like the Science Citation Index and Scopus. He developed and critically examined indicators related to the h-index, impact factor debates involving the Journal Citation Reports, and alternative metrics compared with proposals from Eugene Garfield and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded projects. His empirical studies often used large-scale bibliographic datasets from sources such as Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus, and engaged with statistical techniques drawing on work by scholars connected to Stanford University, University of Leiden, and University College London. Moed published methodological critiques about citation window bias, self-citation effects discussed in International Committee of Medical Journal Editors guidelines, and co-citation mapping approaches related to algorithms used in Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic.
He authored and edited books and monographs on research evaluation and bibliometrics that entered curricula in departments at institutions like University of Oxford, Harvard University, and MIT. Moed served on editorial boards of journals including the Journal of Informetrics, Scientometrics, and thematic volumes linked to publishers such as Springer and Elsevier. His bibliographic reviews and policy briefs were cited in reports by the European Research Council, the Royal Society, and national academies such as the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Throughout his career Moed received recognitions from scholarly societies and professional associations, including honors associated with the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics and accolades referenced in conference programs for events hosted by ISSI and the National Science Foundation-funded workshops. His contributions were acknowledged in festschrifts and special issues of journals such as Scientometrics and Journal of Informetrics.
Moed taught courses and supervised doctoral candidates at Leiden University and collaborated in graduate programs connected with University of Amsterdam and international summer schools affiliated with Centre for Science and Technology Studies and CWTS. His mentees proceeded to academic and policy careers at institutions such as University College London, King's College London, Delft University of Technology, and research centers within the European Commission and national ministries.
Moed's legacy includes methodological clarifications that influenced how institutions use metrics in research assessment exercises like the Research Excellence Framework and national evaluation exercises modeled after practices in the United Kingdom and Netherlands. His critiques informed policy debates involving stakeholders such as the European Commission, funding bodies like the National Institutes of Health, and publishers including Elsevier and Springer Nature. The continued citation of his work in literature produced by scholars at CWTS, INSEAD, Leiden University, and policy documents by the OECD and UNESCO attests to his enduring influence on bibliometrics and science policy.
Category:Dutch scientists Category:Bibliometricians Category:1947 births