[Asis-l] Call for Papers: SIGMET Student Paper Contest

[Stasa Milojevic]

  2012 ASIS&T SIG/MET STUDENT PAPER CONTEST

SIG/MET, the Special Interest Group for the measurement of information 
production and use (http://www.asis.org/SIG/met.html) of the American 
Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to 
announce its second student paper contest. The contest is designed to 
recognize promising student research relating to the SIG.

**Purpose**

SIG/MET seeks to encourage the development and networking of all those 
interested in the measurement of information. It is holding this contest 
in order to promote amongst students the generation of new ideas and the 
conduct of new research in metric-related topics, including 
bibiometrics, scientometrics, informetrics, webometrics and other 
related domains.

**Eligibility**

The author of the paper contest must be a full-time student at the time 
the paper is submitted, irrespective of whether they are members of 
ASIS&T. Only single-authored manuscripts will be accepted, in order to 
ensure that the work was conducted primarily by a student. SIG/MET 
reserves the right to request proof of enrollment as part of the 
submission and evaluation process. All submissions should be original 
and not have been published in a journal, or been accepted by a journal, 
or be in the process of being considered by a journal at the time they 
are submitted to this contest.

**Theme**

Papers should discuss theories, methods, policies, case studies, etc. on 
different aspects of measurement of information production and use. 
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core areas:
-Metric-related theory
-Methods and new techniques
-Citation and co-citation analysis
-Indicators
-Altmetrics
-Webometrics
-Mapping & visualization
-Research policy
-Productivity & publications
-Journals, databases and electronic publications
-Collaboration/Co-authorship
-Patent analysis
-Knowledge and topic diffusion

**Selection**

There will be a winner, runner-up and, depending on the quality of 
strong papers, a number of commended papers. The judges will 
particularly reward well-written, original research that has potential 
for publication in a peer-reviewed journal or for presentation at a 
refereed conference.

**Prizes**

The winner and runner-up will be awarded a one-year individual 
membership to ASIS&T and the winner will also be awarded a cash prize. 
Authors of highly rated papers will be invited to submit a short 
biographical piece to be featured on the SIG/MET Website. In addition, 
if SIG/MET holds a pre-conference workshop at the 2012 Annual Meeting, 
these authors will be invited to present their research at the workshop.

**Format**

The SIG/MET student paper contest committee requires that submissions 
are no longer than then pages (including figures, tables and references) 
and follow the template of 2012 ASIS&T annual conference. Detailed 
information about the template is available at: 
http://www.asis.org/asist2012/

**Submission & Deadline**

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts by midnight EST on Sunday, 
30th April 2012, to the following website: 
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigmetspc2012. The students 
will be notified about the results by the end of May. If you have any 
queries, please email Chaoqun Ni (chni at indiana.edu), or Carrie Chang 
(carriehc at gmail.com).