Pre-conference

Our free pre-conference events were at capacity! Thanks to our speakers for their engaging presentations.

• • Creating momentum for greater impact: Strategies for an evolving research landscape, with Sally Murray-Walsh & Tahseen Afroz Khanday from Elsevier

• • Connecting research to real world impacts: how tools like Overton help you evidence and grow engagement with policymakers, with Katie Shamash from Overton

• • Enhancing Research Integrity through Forensic Scientometrics, with Dr. Leslie McIntosh from Digital Science

June 4th

• • KEYNOTE: Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication Vincent Lariviere, University of Montreal

• • Navigating the Data Deluge: The Evolving Role of Librarians and Data Scientists in Strategic Decision-Making, Erica Wiseman, National Research Council of Canada [PDF]

• • Short talks – Theme: Responsible Research Assessment
    
    • • Responsible Research Assessment: From DORA to Research Impact Assessment at the University of Calgary, Fei Shu, University of Calgary [PDF]
    • • The Road to Developing Strategic Research KPIs for a Research Hospital, Robert Chen, University Health Network [PDF]
    • • Librarians’ role in support of the new Canadian narrative CV: a case study documenting the implementation of new research impact services, Virginie Paquet, Université de Montréal [PDF]

• • Conceptualizations and experimentations around open peer review – state of the art and practical implications, Lucía Céspedes, Érudit / Université de Montréal & Arilys Jia, Université Laval [PDF]

• • Taiwan’s Research Collaboration and Technology Diplomacy Strategies: A Bibliometric Analysis, Chinhua Chuang, National Applied Research Labs, Taiwan [PDF]

• • Impact of Canadian scholarly journals and articles based on download patterns on the Érudit platform, Simon van Bellen, Érudit [Link]

• • Short talks – Theme: Practical experience
    
    • • Exploring text-mining algorithm to detect data sharing from papers affiliated with Canadian federal authors, Chantal Ripp, University of Ottawa
    • • Research Impact for the Humanities & Arts, Em Farmer, Florida Gulf Coast University [PDF]
    • • A Case Study of RIMS and ORCID Implementation at Western University, Joanne Paterson, Western University [PDF]

• • Impact Tracking in the Wild: Using Grey Literature to Strengthen Research Impact Reports, Michael Habib, Coherent Digital [PDF]

Reception in Old Montreal

June 5th

• • Short talks – Theme: Real-world impacts
    
    • • Mapping SDGs by Faculty to find new interdisciplinary collaborations; a template for hypothesis discovery, Jeff Demaine [PDF]
    • • The use of generative AI chatbots in research, Guillaume Roberge, Elsevier
    • • Paving the Path to Market: The Role of Place-Based Innovation in R&D Product Availability, David Campbell, Elsevier

• • Biblium: A Python-Based Framework for Advanced Bibliometric Analysis, Lan Umek, University of Ljubljana [PDF]

• • Short talks
    
    • • Making the case for brain research: Bibliometrics applied through a research funder lens, Alison Palmer, Brain Canada Foundation [PDF]
    • • Shifting scope and topics in LIS conferences: A CAIS Study, Geoff Krause, Dalhousie University [PDF]
    • • Optimizing Publication Ingestion: Using Generative AI and APIs for Bibliographic Citation Extraction, Loida Pan, NYU Langone Health

• • The Art of a Crime: Fictitious Authors in Science, Dr. Leslie McIntosh from Digital Science

• • Sustainable Development Goals at the point of use: measuring how academic research is used in policy to advance SDG targets, Katie Shamash, Overton [PDF]

• • Assessing the Value of Transformative Agreements: An Automated Approach to Estimating Article Processing Charge (APC) Discounts, Jack Young, McMaster University [PDF]

• • PIDs in 2025: New Opportunities to Explore Researcher Activity, Nikolas Lamarre, Canadian Research Knowledge Network [PDF]

• • Engineering Education for Responsible Innovation: A Data-Driven Approach to Understanding the Socio-Economic Impacts of Technology, Gita Ghiasi, University of Ottawa; Tim Aitkin, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) [PDF]

Posters

Sessions held in Hall Georges-H.-Baril

• • An Analytical Investigation into Scholarly Publication Trends, Alexander Harriman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville [PDF]

• • Combining multiple sets of bibliographic data to capture institution-wide publishing output, Collin Drummond, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• • Something for everyone: Assembling a research impact toolbox to meet multiple needs, Deeksha Bhardwaj, The George Institute for Global Health [PDF]

• • Monetary Policy: Evolution, Transmission Dynamics, and Future Horizons through Bibliometric Analysis, Garima Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee [PDF]

• • Researcher Profile Self-Driven Adoption and Presence and Accuracy of Database-Driven Identifiers for Nursing Faculty: A Case Study, Kimberly Powell Auburn University

• • Document Types in OpenAlex and the Web of Science: a comparative analysis, Philippe Mongeon, Department of Information Science, Dalhousie University

• • Using Crossref schema definitions as authority for metadata quality assessment of a Canadian LIS dataset, Poppy Riddle, Dalhousie University

• • Join the CARL Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice / Rejoignez la communauté de pratique sur la bibliométrie et l’impact de la recherche de l’ABRC! Taleen Aktorosian, CARL

• • Analyse et cartographie des collaborations des publications sur la Covid-19 au Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal Daniela Ziegler, CHUM [PDF]

• • Improving metrics literacy in academia: A case study on the h-index, Maddie Hare,  University of Ottawa [PDF]

• • From Metadata to Insights: How Libraries Support University Decision-Making with RIMS Data? Man Lok Mandy Tse; Sze Lui Sheila Cheung, Kit Yee Chan, Cheuk Hei Derek Chang, Lingman University Library, Hong Kong [PDF]

Organizing Committee

• • Laura Bredahl, University of Waterloo

• • Jeffrey Demaine

• • George Duimovich, Carleton University

• • Alison Moore, Simon Fraser University

• • Virginie Paquet, University of Montreal

Program Commitee

• • Laura Bredahl, University of Waterloo

• • Camille Demers, University of Montreal

• • Vincent Larivière,  University of Montreal

• • Carolina Pradier, University of Montreal

• • Maude Lethiecq-Normand, University of Montreal

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