[Students-l] Fwd: [SIGMETRICS] Call for papers: SIGMET Student Paper Contest

[M.J. Menou]

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Subject: 	[SIGMETRICS] Call for papers: SIGMET Student Paper Contest
Date: 	Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:09:02 -0500
From: 	Chaoqun Ni <chni at indiana.edu>
Reply-To: 	chni at indiana.edu
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   2011 ASIS&T SIG/MET Student Paper Contest


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 <http://www.asis.org/>) is
pleased to announce its first student paper contest. The contest is
designed, not only to recognize promising student research relating to
the SIG, but also to provide feedback from specialists in the
measurement of information production and use. Students will receive
this feedback well before the deadline for submissions to theASIS&T
<http://www.asis.org/>Annual Meeting, so they can take the feedback into
account prior to submitting to the 2011 Annual Meeting to be held in New
Orleans, Louisiana in October 2011.


     *_Purpose_***

SIG/MET seeks to encourages 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
bibliometrics, scientometrics, informetrics, webometrics and related
domains.


     *_Eligibility_***

The primary author must be a full-time student at the time the paper is
submitted, irrespective of whether they are members of ASIS&T. Faculty
advisors may be listed as co-authors, but the presentation must be made
by the primary author. SIGMET 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 could discuss theories, methods, policies and case studies 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 techniques
·   Citation and co-citation analysis
·   Indicators
·   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 quantity of
strong papers, a number of commended papers. The reviewers 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.
In the case of multiple authors, the primary author will be awarded the
ASIS&T membership. Primary authors of highly rated papers will be
invited to submit a short biographical piece to the SIG/MET Newsletter.
In addition, if SIG/MET holds a pre-conference workshop at the 2011
Annual Meeting, these primary authors will be invited to present their
research at the poster session of this workshop.


     *_Format_***

The SIG/MET student paper contest committee requires that submissions
are no longer than ten pages (including figures, tables and references)
and follow the template of 2011 ASIS&T annual conference. Detailed
information about the template is available at:
http://www.asis.org/asist2010/cfp-papers.html.


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     *_Submission and Deadline_*

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts by *midnight* *EST on Sunday,
the 10th April 2011*, to the following website:

<https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=sigmetspc2011>https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=sigmetspc2011
We expect to have provided feedback on the submissions by the end of
April 2011 and to have selected the winner and runner-up soon
afterwards. If you have any queries, please email Chaoqun Ni
(chni at indiana.edu <mailto:chni at indiana.edu>).



Chaoqun Ni
Ph.D student in Information Science
School of Library & Information Science, Indiana University
1320 East 10th Street, Herman B Wells Library
Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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