Chair: Iain Craig, Wiley-Blackwell
New metrics characterising different facets of scholarly communication are emerging at an ever increasing rate. Analysis which was once only possible by a select few groups of specialists is now considered a routine exercise, and undertaken by publishers, funding agencies, libraries, consultants, even national governments.
This seminar will explore the evolution of Impact Metrics, examining strengths and weaknesses and the implications in a society increasingly focussed on measuring research quality. Moving forward from the Impact Factor, it will cover usage (download) measurements from the MESUR project; author level indices such as the Hirsch index and derivatives; and eigenvector (PageRank) style metrics such as the EigenFactor and the SCImago Journal Rank Indicator.
In addition, research will be presented from the group responsible for the bibliometrics behind HEFCE's Research Excellence Framework (REF) pilot, and will conclude with a consideration of what future metrics might look like, particularly in those areas not currently well served by existing ones.
Who should attend: publishers, journal editors, funding agencies, librarians, and any academic due to be evaluated in the post RAE 2008 environment.
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Programme
0930 Registration, Tea and Coffee
1000 Introduction from the chair (AUDIO)
Iain Craig, Wiley-Blackwell
1015 Metric research evaluation and publishing: citation, usage and access (PDF) (AUDIO)
Chris Armbruster, Max Planck Society
1050 The UK Research Excellence Framework: bibliometric indicators and university research assessment (PDF) (AUDIO)
Jonathan Adams, Evidence
1125 Tea/coffee
1155 Performance Metrics - Empirical results on Hirsch's h-index and its variants (PDF) (AUDIO)
Lutz Bornmann, ETH Zurich
1230 Discussion
1240 Lunch
1340 MESUR - Metrics from Scholarly Usage of Resources (PDF - 6mb) (AUDIO)
Johan Bollen, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1415 Measuring Knowledge and Technology Transfer in the STM Environment (PDF) (AUDIO)
Martin Meyer, University of Sussex
1450 Tea/coffee
1510 + +Your Wuffie to Sate Your Egoboo: An introduction to the reputation currency mechanisms of the technorati (PDF - 25mb) (AUDIO)
Geoff Bilder, CrossRef
1545 Panel Discussion
All speakers
1615 Closing remarks followed by networking reception with wine and nibbles |
