Vincent Larivière holds the UNESCO Chair on Open Science at the Université de Montréal, where he is professor of information science and associate vice-president (planning). He is also scientific director of the Érudit journal platform, and associate scientific director of the Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST). In addition, he is a research fellow at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) and the DSTI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and STI Policy (SciSTIP).

His research focuses on science policy, scholarly publishing, and diversity and equity in science.  He holds a B.A. in Science, Technology and Society (UQAM), an M.A. in history of science (UQAM) and a Ph.D. in information science (McGill), and has performed postdoctoral work at Indiana University Bloomington.