Publications

Articles

Further works (preprints) related to my PhD diessertation can be found in the associated SocArxiv project.

Cruz Romero, R. (forthcoming). As Open as Possible, but as Closed as Necessary: Openness in Innovation Policy. Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation.

Cruz Romero, R. (forthcoming). Transparency in Open Science: An Actionable Principle? Open Information Science, https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2025-0016

Cruz Romero, R. (forthcoming). Public Participation and Transparency: Does Open Governance Promote Inclusion and Accountability? JeDem - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government.

Cruz Romero, R. (2024). The Problem of Measurements: Fiscal Transparency and Diverging Outcomes. International Review of Public Policy, 6(1), 63-89. https://doi.org/10.4000/11whi

Cruz Romero, R. (2023). The Many Roads to Transparency: A Typology of Topics and Varieties in the Transparency Literature. Revista Española de la Transparencia 18(2), 293-329. https://doi.org/10.51915/ret.286

Cruz Romero, R. (2023). Defining Transparency: A Functional Approach. JeDem - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government 15(1), 219-242. https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v15i1.714

Cruz Romero, R. (2023). A Matter of Size? Visibility and Impact of Small Open Access Journals in Two Large Databases [preprint]. 27th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI 2023). https://doi.org/10.55835/6442b264f6484429f00ec882

Cruz Romero, R. (2022). Blurry Access: A Bibliographic Analysis of Transparency Literature. 6th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI 2022), Granada, Spain. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6946204

Cruz Romero, R. (2017). Gobernanza digital en Costa Rica: un análisis de propuestas. E-Ciencias De La Información, 8(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.15517/eci.v8i1.29808

Cruz Romero, R. (2017). Política Digital: El uso de Facebook en política electoral en Costa Rica I. Revista De Derecho Electoral, 23(1), 133–151. https://doi.org/ISSN: 1659-2069

Cruz Romero, R. (2017). Política Digital: El uso de Facebook en política electoral en Costa Rica II. Revista De Derecho Electoral, 24(1), 83–104. https://doi.org/ISSN: 1659 – 2069

Cruz Romero, R. (2016). Political Social Network Typology: The Case of Costa Rican 2016 Municipal Elections. International Journal of Digital Society, Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2016. doi: 10.20533/ijds.2040.2570.2016.0150

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Conferences and Presentations

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2025, March 27). Disziplinäre Metaphern: Dimensionen und Anwendungen der Transparenz. Tagung Transparenz – multidisziplinäre Perspektiven auf einen schillernden Begriff, AK Korruptionsforschung von Transparency International Deutschland und des AK Politik und Recht der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2024, November 22). Political-Economic Characteristics of the Open Access Transformation: Exploring the Dimensions of Stagnant Scholarly Outputs. Poster auf dem Workshop Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy 2024 (NWB), University of iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2024, October 31). Knowledge production and shared epistemic networks in LAC and MENA regions. Workshop Diaspora as a (Re)Source: Interactions and Interdependencies between Arab Diaspora Communities in Latin America and their Communities/Countries of Origin, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig.

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2024, September 20). Assessing Bibliodiversity through Reference Lists: A Text Analysis Approach. 28th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI24), Berlin, Germany.

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2024, May 15). Public Participation and Transparency: Does Open governance Promote Inclusion and Accountability?. 8th Global Conference on Transparency Research (GCTR), Brussels, Belgium. https://osf.io/preprints/osf/rtmbf

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2024, March 26). Radical Transparency: A Framework for Radical Participation. Political Studies Association Annual Conference (PSA 24), Glasgow, Scotland. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/rc78x

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2023, September 4). Transparency, Participation and Deliberation: A Conceptual Framework to Improve Democratic Governance. ECPR General Conference (ECPR 23), Prague, Czech Republic. https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PaperDetails/69775

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2022, September 7). Blurry Access: A Bibliographic Analysis of Transparency Literature. 26th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI 2022), Granada, Spain. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6946204

Cruz Romero, Roberto. (2022, August 25). "What's in a number?" - Die Bedeutung bibliometrischer Indikatoren als Bewertungsgrundlage von OA-Publikationsangeboten. Open Access Talk [Online]. https://open-access.network/fortbilden/open-access-talk/open-access-talk-am-25-august-2022

Cruz Romero, Roberto (2022, August 23). One Idea and Many Approaches: A Systematic Review of Transparency Literature. ECPR General Conference (ECPR 22), Innsbruck, Austria. https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PaperDetails/62403

Cruz Romero, Roberto (2022, August 24). Transparentizing the Local: Assessing Transparency Initiatives in Local Governance. ECPR General Conference (ECPR 22), Innsbruck, Austria. https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PaperDetails/62404

Reports

Cruz Romero, R. & Park, J. (2017). Long-term Employment Projections and Manpower Planning for Research Personnel in Science and Technology of Costa Rica. In: Korea Development Institute (Ed.), 2016/17 Knowledge Sharing Program with Costa Rica. Seoul: Korea Development Institute. P-ISBN 979-11-5932-246-4

Cruz Romero, R. (2018). Marco Institucional y Políticas Públicas TIC en Costa Rica. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2018. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr

(2018). Regulación de las telecomunicaciones: 10 Años de Apertura del Sector. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2018. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr
(2018). TIC y Democracia: Las Elecciones Presidenciales de 2018 en Costa Rica. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2018. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr
(2017). Marco Institucional y Políticas Públicas TIC en Costa Rica. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2017. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr
(2017). TIC y Democracia: Gobierno y Movimientos Sociales. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2017. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr
(2016). Marco Institucional, Políticas Públicas y Regulación TIC. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2016. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr
(2016). TIC y Democracia. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2016. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr
(2014). Política 2.0: Las TIC en la Campaña Electoral Presidencial 2014 en Costa Rica. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2014. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr

Cruz Romero, R. & Molina Fallas, K. (2013). La Cultura en la Era Digital. In: PROSIC (Ed.), Informe Hacia la Sociedad de la Informacion y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica 2013. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.prosic.ucr.ac.cr