Program
Pre-conference
Our free pre-conference events on Tuesday June 2nd include (registration links, more details to follow):
9:30 - 11:30
Web of Science Research Intelligence workshop with Marisa Ruccolo. View details and register here.
1:30-3:00
From Research to Policy: An Introduction to Overton, with Nathalie Cornée from Overton Details and registration
3:15 - 4:45
Using AI for Research Impact, with by Mike Taylor from Digital Science
All above sessions are in Cameron Library, room 3-10
CARL COPPUL Event
In celebration of BRIC and this opportunity to have a large group of like-minded people in Edmonton, CARL (Canadian Association of Research Libraries) and COPPUL (Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries) are inviting all BRIC registrants and anyone working or interested in scholarly communications, academic publishing, and research assessment to a social event on Tuesday, June 2nd at The Common. Registered guests are welcome anytime between 5:00 – 8:00pm.
Refreshments will be served.
Please register by Tuesday May 26th. Registration
Location details:
The Common, 9910 109 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 1H5 Link to map
- 20-30 minute walk from Cameron Library. It’s a very nice walk over Edmonton’s High-Level Bridge.
- You can take Edmonton’s LRT from campus, take any of the northbound trains (destination Clareview or NAIT), exit at Government Centre Station (1 stop), and walk approximately 5 minutes.
Wednesday June 3rd
8:00 – 9:00
Arrivals, badge pickup
9:00 – 9:10
Welcome & Introductions
9:10 – 9:30
9:30 – 9:50
Breaking Through the Technical Hurdles of Research Impact Reporting, Emily K. Hart, Syracuse University
9:50 – 10:10
Reorganizing Canadian Research Evaluation through Metadata in the Digital Era, Quintin Kreth, York University
10:10 – 10:40
Break & Posters
10:40 – 11:20
The Open Access Advantage – how does it work, and how do we make OA work for us?, Michael Taylor, Digital Science
11:20 – 11:40
Do Policymakers Cite or Mention? Investigating Formal vs Informal Research Engagement in Policy Documents and the Implications for Responsible Research Assessment, Nathalie Cornée, Overton
11:40 – 12:00
Understanding Faculty Perceptions Towards Policy Citations: A case study of the University of Minnesota and the University of New Brunswick, Julie Morris (UNB) and Andy Herzog (UM)
12:00 – 1:20
Lunch & Posters
1:20 – 1:40
Reporting Practices in Modern Bibliometric Analyses: A Review of the Most Cited Papers 2020-2024, Erin Simon, University of Illinois
1:40 – 2:00
Uncovering institutional affiliations: Utilizing modern data sources to enrich a bibliographic collection built on legacy software, Elisabeth Shook, University of Michigan
2:00 – 2:20
Put a PID On It: Enhancing OA Reporting for Good, Nikolas Lamarre, CRKN, Allison Loveridge, CRKN
2:20 – 2:40
From Uncharted Waters to a Mapped Horizon: Building a Research Intelligence App with Power BI and Integrated Open and Institutional Data, Karina Giesbrecht, University of Victoria
2:40 – 3:10
Break & Posters
3:10 – 3:30
How Well Are Social Work Scholars Represented? Assessing Author Profiles across Bibliometric Platforms, Leah DeSantis, University of Washington
3:30 – 3:50
Scientific Relatedness Constrains Novelty in Global Sustainable Development Goals Research, Robin Haunschild, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Meijun Liu, Fudan University
3:50 – 4:30
A three-decade bibliometric investigation of research trends in quantum critical behaviour, Notice Pasipamire, National University of Sciences & Technology
6:00 - 9:00
Reception at the Art Gallery of Alberta
Thursday June 4th
8:00 – 9:00
Arrivals, badge pickup
9:00 – 9:05
Welcome & Introductions
9:05 – 10:00
Keynote: Beyond the Frontier: The New Era of Research Impact and Assessment, Kathryn Graham, University of Calgary
10:00 – 10:40
Break & Posters
10:40 – 11:00
AI-Driven Bibliometrics for Research Impact: Mapping Canada’s Strategic Technology Opportunities, David Campbell, Elsevier
11:00 – 11:40
Data citation function classification with large language models (LLMs), Neil Byers, Berkeley Lab
11:40 – 12:00
Critically Evaluating the Impact of Transformative Agreements, Jason Friedman, University of Saskatchewan; Leigh-Ann Butler, University of Ottawa
12:00 – 1:20
Lunch & Posters
1:20 – 1:40
An Analysis of Undeclared Artificial Intelligence and the Communication Practices of Academic Journals, Miles Kenyon, University of Toronto
1:40 – 2:00
The Great Convergence: Where GenAI, Expertise, Fundraising Connect, Dieyun Song, Northwestern University
2:00 – 2:40
Creating Custom Visuals within Power BI, Brian Wu, University Health Network
2:40 – 3:10
Break & Posters
3:10 – 3:30
Research Impact in a Chaotic Political Landscape: Maintaining Services When Priorities Shift, Andrea Malone, University of Houston
3:30 – 3:50
Connecting metrics to meaning – Visual storytelling of an Institute’s impact across five pathways, Deeksha Bhardwaj, The George Institute for Global Health
3:50 – 4:10
A Case Study on the Implementation of IRINS in Indian Academic and R&D Organisations, Kannan Palavesam, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
4:10 – 4:30
A Longitudinal Analysis of Sentiment Temporal Changes, Drift and Controversy in over 150 Million Altmetric Social Media Mentions of the past decades (2005-2025), Mike Taylor, Digital Science
Posters
- A Systematic Bibliometric Review of Topic Modeling Applications in HSS in
Support of Library Services, Leslie Barnes, University of Toronto - Measuring open science practices with the PLOS Open Science Science
Indicators dashboard, Devin Soper, PLOS - The quiet drift: Witnessing academia’s slide into AI-mediated scholarship, Jeffrey Demaine, BRIC
- Practitioner education in Bibliometrics: The LIS-Bibliometrics case study, Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes, University of Brighton; Michelle O’Hara, University of Glasgow; Behrooz Rasuli, Iranian Research Institute for Information Science andTechnology
- Collaboration Writ Large, Pat Moore, Carleton University
- Using bibliometrics tools to braid together the past, present, and future, Thane Chambers, University of Alberta