Preface: The 11th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics
Scientometrics, Vol.
The 11th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics
WOLFGANG GLNZEL 0 1 3
HENK F. MOED 0 2
0 Jointly published by Akademiai Kiado , Budapest and Springer, Dordrecht
1 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Science Policy Research , Budapest , Hungary
2 Centre for Science & Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University , Leiden , The Netherlands
3 Steunpunt O&O Indicatoren and Dept. MSI, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
* I. GMEZ, M. BORDONS, I. F. AGUILLO, 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI Newsletter, 3 (3) (2007) 34-36 (accessible via: http://www.issi-society.info/archives/newsletter11.pdf ).
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The 11th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics held in
Madrid (Spain) in June 2007 was organised by the Centre for Scientific Information and
Documentation (CINDOC) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in cooperation
with several Information Science Departments of Spanish universities and under the
auspices of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI).* The
meeting was hosted by the Spanish Research Council in the Serrano Central Campus.
The previous ten events in this series of biannual international conferences on
Scientometrics and Informetrics had been held in Belgium (1987), Canada (1989), India
(1991), Germany (1993), USA (1995), Israel (1997), Mexico (1999), Australia (2001),
China (2003) and Sweden (2005).
In total, about 250 registered participants have attended the meeting with 92 oral and
77 poster presentations covering all relevant topics and sub-disciplines of present-day
research in our field. We have selected 29 original research papers which will be
published in two subsequent specials issues of the journal Scientometrics. The present
papers are extended versions of contributions orally presented at the conference,
reflecting comments given by colleagues and referees during and after the conference.
Finally, we would like to mention that the biannual ISSI conference series will be
continued this year; the 12th Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics will be held
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2009.
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