International Conferences of Bibliometrics

TL;DR

This paper reviews the history and significance of bibliometric conferences, analyzing their role in the scholarly community and exploring potential future changes in how these conferences evolve and influence research dissemination.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of bibliometric conferences, including their history, connections to societies and journals, and future outlook, which was previously lacking in literature.

Findings

Identified key conferences in bibliometrics from ISSI newsletter

Mapped the connections between conferences, societies, and journals

Discussed potential future developments in bibliometric conferences

Abstract

Conferences are deeply connected to research fields, in this case bibliometrics. As such, they are a venue to present and discuss current and innovative research, and play an important role for the scholarly community. In this article, we provide an overview on the history of conferences in bibliometrics. We conduct an analysis to list the most prominent conferences that were announced in the newsletter by ISSI, the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics. Furthermore, we describe how conferences are connected to learned societies and journals. Finally, we provide an outlook on how conferences might change in future.