Program
Pre-conference
Our free pre-conference events on Tuesday June 2nd include (registration links, more details to follow):
- Web of Science Research Intelligence workshop with Marisa Ruccolo from Clarivate (morning)
- From Research to Policy: An Introduction to Overton, with Nathalie Cornée from Overton Details and registration (1:30 pm, room tbd)
- Using AI for Research Impact, with by Mike Taylor from Digital Science (afternoon 2)
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
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, Michelle O’Hara, University of Glasgow
- Collaboration Writ Large, Pat Moore, Carleton University
- Using bibliometrics tools to braid together the past, present, and future, Thane Chambers, University of Alberta