CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Metrics (SIG/MET) invites contributions to the METRICS 2019 workshop, which will be held in Melbourne prior to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
The workshop continues the successful SIG/MET workshop series held annually since 2011 by providing an opportunity to present and discuss research in the fields of informetrics, scientometrics, bibliometrics, altmetrics, quantitative science studies, and information retrieval among experienced researchers, young academics, and practitioners. We invite abstracts describing empirical or theoretical work related, but not limited to:
- New indicators and methods and tools
- Scholarly communication
- Social media metrics (altmetrics)
- Bibliometric-enhanced information retrieval
- Open access, open science
- Patent analysis
- Research evaluation
SUBMISSIONS
The following four types of submission are accepted:
- Research presentations, for completed or in-progress research.
- Posters for work in early stages or best presented visually.
- Tutorials for practical information on a tool or method.
- Panels for discussions on a specific topic.
Please indicate the type of submission in your paper. All submissions should be in the form of a two-page extended abstract using APA style. Where appropriate, up to three figures/tables can be provided.
Please submit your abstract as a PDF to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=metrics2019
Submissions will be evaluated based on their relevance to the workshop and their methodological soundness (where applicable), and brief feedback will be given in narrative format.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions due: August 15, 2019 August 31, 2019
Notifications: September 2019
Workshop: October 19, 2019
ORGANIZERS
Philippe Mongeon, Aarhus University
Shenmeng Xu, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Timothy D. Bowman, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
SPONSORS
This year, the SIG/MET workshop will be free of charge for ASIS&T members who register before October 2nd thanks to the generous support of our sponsors.
The CfP can be obtained from our webiste as well.