Giovanni Colavizza

Giovanni Colavizza holds a dual academic appointment as Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen and Associate Professor at the University of Bologna (since November 2023). His research bridges information science, digital humanities, and open science practices.

His primary research areas include:

• Quantitative analysis of open research practices (data/code/preprint sharing) and citation impact
• Wikipedia's role in scientific knowledge dissemination and news source reliability assessment
• Digital tools for humanities including knowledge graphs and NLP applications for historical archives

Recent publications (2024-2025) reveal strong interdisciplinary trends, combining scientometrics with natural language processing to analyze scientific communication patterns and colonial archival materials. His work appears in leading venues including PLoS ONE, Scientometrics, and IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, demonstrating methodological innovation across information science and humanities domains.