ISSI 2015 - 15th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference (ISSI)

The Organizing Committee would like to invite participants to submit to the 15th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference to be held in Istanbul, Turkey (http://www.issi2015.org). The ISSI 2015 Conference will provide an international forum for scientists, research managers and administrators, as well as information and communication related professionals to share research and debate the advancements of informetric and scientometric theory and applications. The conference is organized under the auspices of ISSI - the International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics (http://www.issi-society.org/).
Scope
Scientometrics and informetrics represents a broad field with a rich history. Scientometrics has been responsible for creating tools for research assessment and evaluation as well as for use in charting the flow of scientific ideas and people. Today, with the advancement of computing power, technology and database management systems, the impact of scientometrics has become ubiquitous for scientists and science policy makers. However, the high diffusion of scientometric and informetric research has also brought a new wave of criticism and concern, as people grapple with issues of goal displacement and inappropriate use of indicators. The question facing the field is how best to move forward given the computational opportunities and the sociological concerns.
Therefore, the goal of ISSI 2015 is to highlight the best research in this field and to bring together scholars and practitioners in the area to discuss new research directions, methods and theories, and to reflect upon the history of scientometrics and its implications. We ask for researchers worldwide to submit original full research papers, research-in-progress papers or posters within the area of informetrics, with a special emphasis on the Future of Scientometrics. With this scope in mind, major conference topics of interest include, but not limited to:
Theory
Methods and techniques
Citation and co-citation analysis
Indicators
Webometrics
Altmetrics
Mapping and visualization
Science policy and research assessment
University policy and institutional rankings
Journals, databases and electronic publications
Country-level studies
Patent analysis
Data Accuracy and disambiguation
Scientific fraud and dishonesty