[Asis-l] SECOND CALL: 2012 SIGMET Student Paper Contest

[Chaoqun Ni]

Dear All,

Please submit to 2012 SIG/MET Student Paper Contest. Apologies
for cross-posting.

*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 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 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 could 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 quantity 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 ten 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, the
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).


Chaoqun Ni
School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington
1320 E 10th Street, L012, Bloomington, IN 47405
http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~chni/index.html
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