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

Wed May 22 10:47:43 EDT 2013

Thanks!

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Angela Zoss <amzoss at indiana.edu> wrote:

> 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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Indiana University Bloomington
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