Call for posters and doctoral forum applications - ISSI 2009

[Birger Larsen]

(Apologies for cross postings)

              CALL FOR POSTERS & DOCTORAL FORUM APPLICATIONS

 ISSI 2009 - 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics
              July 14-17, 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
                       http://www.issi2009.org

*** Deadline for posters: March 16, 2009 ***
*** Deadline for Doctoral Forum applications: April 1, 2009 ***


SCOPE & AREAS OF INTEREST


The biannual ISSI conference is the premier international venue for 
research within the areas of informetrics, scientometrics and 
bibliometrics. For more information on the scope of the conference 
and the areas of interest please visit the conference web site.


POSTER PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished work
that is not being considered for publication in any other forum. 
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically using the 
camera-ready templates available at the conference web site.

*** Note that for posters there is a page limit of 2 pages ***

All poster papers must conform to the ISSI 2009 submission template. 
Uploading instructions and more detailed submission instructions are 
available from the conference website (http://www.issi2009.org).

All submissions will be peer reviewed and all accepted publications 
will be published in the proceedings of the conference. One author per 
poster is required to register and attend the conference to present 
the poster at the poster session if accepted for publication.


DOCTORAL FORUM APPLICATIONS

For the third time a Doctoral Forum is offered at the ISSI conference. 
The Doctoral Forum is an offer and an invitation to doctoral students 
to present their research projects to senior researchers and to their 
colleagues, and in return receive constructive feedback.

Applicants should be doctoral students, from any country, conducting 
ongoing PhD research on any of ISSI 2009 conference themes and related 
fields. Please visit the conference web for more information of the 
Doctoral Forum, including details on how to apply.


IMPORTANT DATES

Poster papers
 Submission deadline: March 16, 2009
 Notification of Acceptance: April 17, 2009
 Camera ready poster papers to be submitted: April 30, 2009

Doctoral Forum
 Submission deadline: April 1, 2009

Conference Dates
 Workshops and Doctoral Forum: July 14, 2009  
 Main Conference: July 15-17, 2009


ORGANIZERS

ISSI 2009 Chairs:
Abel L. Packer (BIREME/PAHO/WHO, Brazil)
Ronald Rousseau (KHBO, Belgium)

Program Chairs:
Birger Larsen (Royal School of Library & Information Science, Denmark)
Jacqueline Leta (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Conference Chairs:
Jacqueline Leta (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Rogério Meneghini (BIREME/PAHO/WHO, Brazil)

Poster Chairs: 
Jane M. Russell (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Martin Meyer (University of Sussex, UK)

Satellite Workshop Chair:
Peter Ingwersen (Royal School of Library & Information Science, Denmark)

Doctoral Forum Chairs:
Jesper W. Schneider (Royal School of Library & Information Science, Denmark)
Sonia M. R. Vasconcelos (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Regional Program Chairs: 
Africa: Dennis Ocholla (University of Zululand, South Africa)
Australia / Oceania: Mari Davis (University of New South Wales, Australia)
China / East Asia: Liming Liang (Henan Normal University, China)
Europe: Wolfgang Glänzel (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
India / Middle east: Aparna Basu (University of Delhi, India)
Latin America: Manuel Krauskopf (Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Chile)
North America: Katy Börner (Indiana University, USA)

In addition, ISSI 2009 will have an international scientific 
committee and a national committee.  

CONFIRMED SPONSORS
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil
The Eugene Garfield Foundation

ISSI 2009 is organised under the auspices of ISSI - 
the International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics 
(http://www.issi-society.info/). 

The conference language is English.

CONTACT
See http://www.issi2009.org/php/contact.php?lang=en