Update. The French 饾槉饾槮饾槸饾樀饾槼饾槮 饾槸饾槩饾樀饾槳饾槹饾槸饾槩饾槶 饾槬饾槮 饾槶饾槩 饾槼饾槮饾槫饾槱饾槮饾槼饾槫饾槱饾槮 饾槾饾槫饾槳饾槮饾槸饾樀饾槳饾槯饾槳饾槻饾樁饾槮 ( #CNRS) is canceling the #WebOfScience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #Scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
Update. The French 饾槉饾槮饾槸饾樀饾槼饾槮 饾槸饾槩饾樀饾槳饾槹饾槸饾槩饾槶 饾槬饾槮 饾槶饾槩 饾槼饾槮饾槫饾槱饾槮饾槼饾槫饾槱饾槮 饾槾饾槫饾槳饾槮饾槸饾樀饾槳饾槯饾槳饾槻饾樁饾槮 ( #CNRS) is canceling the #WebOfScience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #Scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
The University of Utrecht is canceling the #WebOfScience and offering training sessions on #OpenAlex.
https://www.uu.nl/en/news/access-to-web-of-science-will-end-on-1-january-2026
"Discontinuing Web of Science is a logical step that fits in with the UU vision on #OpenScience. Closed commercial databases, such as Web of Science, are not in line with our desire to work with open research information as much as possible. The UU signed the #BarcelonaDeclaration in 2024 to this effect. The use of Journal Impact Factors [#JIFs] is also not in line with our vision of Open Science鈥ith the funds freed up by not renewing the licence, we will continue to invest in open source research and infrastructure."
The University of Utrecht is canceling the #WebOfScience and offering training sessions on #OpenAlex.
https://www.uu.nl/en/news/access-to-web-of-science-will-end-on-1-january-2026
"Discontinuing Web of Science is a logical step that fits in with the UU vision on #OpenScience. Closed commercial databases, such as Web of Science, are not in line with our desire to work with open research information as much as possible. The UU signed the #BarcelonaDeclaration in 2024 to this effect. The use of Journal Impact Factors [#JIFs] is also not in line with our vision of Open Science鈥ith the funds freed up by not renewing the licence, we will continue to invest in open source research and infrastructure."
Good news at #CNRS Open Science Day:
"CNRS's cancellation of #Scopus subscription will help support its full transition to open, non-commercial model, a point reiterated by Antoine Petit ... 'We will eventually need to stop using commercial databases for bibliometrics and bibliography'. In the meantime CNRS has maintained subscription to Clarivate's #WebOfScience database while free bibliographic databases are being developed like open access not-for-profit solution @OpenAlex."