[Sigmet-officers] ASIS&T Sig/Met Student Paper contest

Wed May 22 10:45:19 EDT 2013

Hi everyone,

I know Sean is already planning to tweet this later, but if any of you
wants to circulate a link to the paper contest announcement separately,
it's up at:

http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGMET/activities/contest2013

Best,
Angela

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Powell, Kimberly Robin
<krpowel at emory.edu>wrote:

>  Hello. Please find attached and below the 2013 Call for Student Papers
> from ASIS&T SIG/MET.  Please excuse any cross postings and feel free to
> distribute widely.  Please direct any questions regarding the contest or
> submission guidelines to Kim Powell at krpowel at emory.edu   2013 ASIS&T
> SIG/MET Student Paper Contest
>
> Are you tired of preparing papers which immediately migrate into your
> professors’ files and have not been seen ever since? Recover your papers
> and give them a life and a great opportunity for yourself. Send your most
> promising papers to the 2013 ASIST SIG/MET Student paper contest where
> you have the chance to present your work in front of an interested
> audience, discuss it with established researchers, and win the ASIS&T
> SIG/MET Best Student Paper Award.
>
> * *
>
> This is the third annual student paper contests for SIG/MET, the Special
> Interest Group for the measurement of information production and use (
> http://www.asis.org/SIG/met.html)of the Association for Information
> Science & Technology (ASIS&T <http://www.asis.org/>). The contest is
> designed to recognize promising student research relating to the
> measurement of information, publication, and research and gives students a
> forum to meet the leaders of the field.
> *Purpose*
>
> SIG/MET seeks to encourage the development and networking opportunities of
> all those interested in the measurement of information.  It is holding this
> contest to foster student growth and promote the generation of new ideas
> and research in metric-related topics, including bibliometrics,
> scientometrics, infometrics, webometrics and other related domains.
> *Eligibility*
>
> The first author of the paper entered into this contest must be a
> full-time student at the time of submission, irrespective of ASIS&T or
> SIG/MET membership. Only solo or first authored student manuscripts will be
> accepted, in order to ensure that the student made significant
> contributions to the work. SIG/MET reserves the right to request proof of
> enrollment as part of the submission and evaluation process. Submissions
> should not have been published work, although they may be submitted to a
> journal at the time of submission to the contest.
> *Theme*
>
> Papers should discuss theories, methods, policies, case studies, etc. on
> aspects of the measurement of information production and use. Topics could
> include, but are not limited to, the following core areas:
>
> ·         Metric-Related Theory
>
> ·         Methods and new techniques
>
> ·         Citation and co-citation analysis
>
> ·         Indicators
>
> ·         Webometrics
>
> ·         Information visualization
>
> ·         Research policy
>
> ·         Productivity
>
> ·         Journals, databases and electronic publications
>
> ·         Collaboration/Co-authorship
>
> ·         Patent analysis
>
> ·         Knowledge and topic diffusion
>
> ·         Altmetrics
>
>
>
> *Selection*
>
> Papers will be reviewed by SIG/MET officers and advisors to the SIG/MET
> workshop. At least one winner will be chosen. In the past, we have also
> given commendation to other particularly outstanding papers. Selection
> criteria include those that would be considered in traditional peer review:
> that is, the quality of the research, the presentation of the results, and
> the originality of the research question.
> *Prizes*
>
> The winner will be awarded a one-year individual membership to ASIS&T and
> a cash prize, sponsored by Elsevier. If of sufficient merit, two winners
> may be announced: one for the best first-authored paper and one for the
> best sole-authored paper.  Monetary prizes and membership may be available
> for more than one paper, depending on merit. Authors of highly rated papers
> will be invited to submit a short biographical piece to be featured on the
> SIG/MET website. In addition, these authors may be invited to present their
> research under their own expense at the SIG/MET pre-conference workshop at
> the 2013 Annual ASIS&T Meeting in Montreal, Canada.
> *Format*
>
> Submissions can be of any length and format, but should ideally reflect
> typical standards of a journal article (i.e., approximately 6,000 words and
> in an appropriate citation style for the social sciences).
> *Submission & Deadline*
>
> Authors are invited to submit manuscripts by *midnight* *EST on Monday,
> July 29th 2013*, to the following website:
> https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigmetspc2013<http://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.easychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3Fconf%3Dsigmetspc2013&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE5fpnFUMjQC0ssdhyYAqKKcUD-eA>
>
>
>
> The students will be notified about the results by Sept 1, 2013.  For
> inquiries and further information please contact *Kim Powell* (
> krpowel at emory.edu).
>
>
>
>
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