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Sanjoy Kar

Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Indian Statistical Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, Jadavpur University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-5050-5945
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Dr. Sanjoy Kar is an academic and accomplished information specialist at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, India. He previously served at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, and holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from Vidyasagar University, India. With more than a decade of experience in research, teaching, academic leadership, and professional capacity building, his work focuses on research infrastructure, scientific knowledge systems, Open Science, Open Research Information (ORI), research integrity, Responsible Research Assessment (RRA), research data stewardship, scholarly communication, meta-science, forensic scientometrics, STI indicators and innovation policy. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and contributes to advancing evidence-informed research systems and open science policy. He also serves on the editorial boards of academic journals and reviews manuscripts for numerous prestigious international journals, supporting excellence in scientific publishing and research quality.

He is an active member of several international professional associations and learned societies, including the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), the American Psychological Association (APA), Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), FORCE11, RDA, CODATA, and the Council of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He has served on various committees for publications, workshop planning, and technical support, and has reviewed for prestigious journals such as Global Knowledge, Memory, and Communication (Emerald); CODATA Data Science Journal; African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (Taylor & Francis); International Journal of Information Management Data Insights (Elsevier); Collnet Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management (Taylor & Francis); Frontiers in Big Data (Frontiers Media), and the Journal of Scientometric Research. In addition, he has reviewed more than 150 papers across various scientific journals, further demonstrating his expertise and commitment to advancing scholarly research.

Employment

  • Institute of Development Studies Kolkata Programme Coordinator
    2026 - 2026
  • Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
    2017 - Present
  • Indian Statistical Institute
    2015 - 2017

Education

  • University of California at Los Angeles Assessing Institutional Research Data Using OpenAlex and R (E06)
    2026 - 2026
  • University of California at Los Angeles AI-assisted Literature Review: Building Open, Machine-Readable Literacy for Research and Education, Featuring the Semantic Climate Encyclopedia (E01)
    2026 - 2026
  • University of California, Los Angeles Science Writing in the Age of AI (E03)
    2025 - 2025
  • University of California, Los Angeles Beyond metrics: Overcoming challenges in responsible research evaluation for open science practices (L12)
    2025 - 2025
  • Jadavpur University PG Certificate Course in Digital Humanities and Cultural Informatics
    2024 - 2024
  • University of California, Los Angeles Good Governance for AI in Scientific Publications: Developing Policy for Reliability, Ethics, and Integrity (C08)
    2024 - 2024
  • University of California, Los Angeles Unlocking Knowledge: Exploring Open Research Infrastructure and FAIR Principles (C04)
    2024 - 2024
  • Harvard University Introduction to Digital Humanities
    2021 - 2021
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Data Management and Sharing
    2020 - 2020
  • Vidyasagar University PG
    2012 - 2014
  • Vidyasagar University Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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