Report on the 8th International Workshop on Bibliometric-enhanced Information Retrieval (BIR 2019)

TL;DR

This report summarizes the 8th BIR workshop at ECIR 2019, highlighting advances in bibliometric-enhanced information retrieval that intersect academic search, IR, and bibliometrics, involving both academic and industry efforts.

Contribution

It provides an overview of recent research and industry developments in bibliometric-enhanced information retrieval presented at the workshop.

Findings

Discussion of key research topics in BIR at ECIR 2019

Summary of industry tools like Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar

Highlights of academic efforts such as ArnetMiner and CiteSeerx

Abstract

The Bibliometric-enhanced Information Retrieval workshop series (BIR) at ECIR tackled issues related to academic search, at the crossroads between Information Retrieval and Bibliometrics. BIR is a hot topic investigated by both academia (e.g., ArnetMiner, CiteSeerx, DocEar) and the industry (e.g., Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic Search, Semantic Scholar). This report presents the 8th iteration of the one-day BIR workshop held at ECIR 2019 in Cologne, Germany.