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> > Please submit to 2012 SIG/MET Student Paper Contest. Apologies > for cross-posting. > > *New Deadline: midnight EST on Tuesday, May 8, 2012* > > > * 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<http://www.asis.org/>) > 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. > EligibilityThe 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. > PrizesThe 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. > FormatThe 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 & DeadlineAuthors are invited to submit manuscripts by midnight EST > on Tuesday, the 8th May 2012, to the following website: > http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigmetspc2012 > <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 ([log in to unmask]), or Carrie > Chang ([log in to unmask]).* > > > > 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 > > >