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Bojan Macan

NOAD | Croatia

Ruđer Bošković Institute
Head of the Centre for Scientific Information

About

NOAD

Bojan Macan is the Head of the Centre for Scientific Information at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia. He holds a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Sciences from the University of Zagreb. He has extensive experience in scholarly communication and research information management, having participated in numerous international projects, including OS Trails, PATTERN, NI4OS-Europe, OpenAIREplus, FOSTER, OpenAIRE2020, OpenAIRE Advance, and CA COST Action ENRESSH. Additionally, he contributes to national endeavors aimed at establishing open access and open science infrastructure, notably including Digital Academic Archives and Repositories (DABAR) and the Croatian Current Research Information System – CroRIS.

His engagement extends beyond project work, encompassing participation in numerous international and national working groups and conferences, as well as involvement in educational activities. He also serves as the National Point of Reference on Scientific Information and Open Science/Open Access at the European Commission.

Bojan's academic interests focus on the evolving landscape of scholarly communication, with particular emphasis on the challenges posed by the Open Science and research evaluation practices. He is also particularly interested in the role that research libraries can play in shaping and facilitating these processes.

Skills and Expertise

Overall

Research Policy and Governance, Data Management and FAIR Data, Research Infrastructures and EOSC, Scholarly Communication and Publishing, Research Assessment and Metrics, Skills Development and Training, Community Building and Engagement

Technical

Research Information Systems, Repositories and Interoperability, Metadata, Identifiers and Standards

Interests

Scientific Fields

Open science; open access; research data management; research evaluation; bibliometrics; open science infrastructure; Current Research Information Systems (CRIS)

Standing Committees

  • Outreach, Communication and Engagement
  • Training and Support

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