International Relations Resources, 2019-2021

Last updated: May 18, 2021

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This page is a place to gather information about training, professional development, and relevant organizations pertaining to research impact–such as communities of practices, conferences, listservs, etc.– around the world. We welcome your suggestions of additional resources to add! Please share any suggestions or additions with the Committee at LIS-BIBLIOMETRICS-COMMITTEE@jiscmail.ac.uk

Australia

• ResBas (Research Bazaar) (Sydney) https://resbaz.github.io/resbaz2019/sydney/
• Research Support Community Day (Melbourne) http://rscday.info/

Brazil

• LATmetrics – Congresso de Altmetria e Ciência Aberta na América Latina (https://www.latmetrics.com/)

Canada

• Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community Conference (BRIC Conference)

Cuba

• Ciencias de la Información (Journal) http://cinfo.idict.cu/index.php/cinfo

Denmark

• DARMA (Danish Association for Research Managers and Administrators) and FIN (Forskningsindikatornetværket), their research indicator network. Conducted in Danish. 
• LIBER Metrics Group (Chaired by Charlotte Wien, University of Southern Denmark)
• OPERA (OPEn Research Analytics) https://deffopera.dk/

Iran

• Monitoring and evaluation of public education, higher education and research and technology sectors of the country national project. (no website given) 

The Netherlands

• Research Intelligence Network of the Netherlands (RINN) Headed up by Gert Goris, Erasmus University of Rotterdam
• International Center for the Study of Research https://www.icsr.net

Spain

• OBSERVATORIO DE BIBLIOMETRÍA E INFORMACIÓN CIENTÍFICA https://obic.usal.es/

United Kingdom

• Altmetric REF Working Group 
• Research on Research Institute

United States

• Conferences
  • Transforming Research
  • Bibliometrics & Research Assessment Symposium
• List Servs
  • Research Assessment and Metrics Interest Group (listserv sponsored by ACRL / ALA)
• Communities of Practice/Groups/Associations
  • National Organization of Research Development Professionals (slightly adjacent to research impact, but relevant and there’s a lot of interest in this topic in this community) 
• Training/professional development resources
  • Library Publishing Curriculum Impact module
  • National Institutes of Health Library’s Bibliometrics training series
  • OCLC Research reports on Research Information Management and Libraries

Other/International

• The Altmetrics Conference
• European Summer Summer School for Scientometrics (esss)
• International Society on Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI)
• CWTS Bibliometrics and Scientometrics for Research Evaluation (taught by Leiden CWTS, offered in Chicago, Leiden, and Melbourne)
• IATUL Metrics and Impact Special Interest Group https://www.iatul.org/services/special-interest-groups/sig-mari
• Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy