The Nordic Bibliometric Infrastructure Spring Meeting

This event marks the inaugural Spring Meeting for bibliometricians utilising ”developed” approaches to analysis (i.e. using programming languages such as R and Python) in their bibliometric research.

The primary focus of this forming meeting is to explore the effective use of programming to address bibliometric analytical challenges. The overarching theme for the Spring Meeting 2024 is centred around the methods for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the broader theme for NBI from 2024 to 2029 is collaborative efforts concerning open bibliometric data, specifically focusing on OpenAlex.

Come as you are, or prepare a brief presentation, coding material, or any other relevant material to present and discuss in a workshop setting format. We expect that you are prepared to participate in discussions. Depending on the number of participants, we will either work in smaller groups or in full session.

The conference operates under a no cost model. Water and some refreshments will be available at the localities, but we will pay for our own provisions (BYOM - Bring your own meals). On the evening of the 22nd, we will find somewhere to eat dinner together.

Event Details

• Date: 22-23 April, 2024
• Location: Research Council of Norway, Drammensveien 288, Oslo
• Time: Commencing with brunch at 10:00 on Monday, the 22nd of April, and concluding at 16:00 on Tuesday, the 23rd of April.

Program Highlights

• Introduction Session: Exploring SDGs in the context of bibliometrics
• Sessions: Focused on developed methods for identifying and analysing SDGs
• Policy Session: Discussion on using open bibliometric data and citations in collaboration with OpenAlex. A particular focus on AI, semantic modelling and bibliometric data will be introduced.
• Open Session – A Workspace: Dedicated to your individual projects in several Hackathon sessions

Full programme

MONDAY 22 APRIL

9.30 – 10.30 Registration & brunch

Jon Holm, Research Council of Norway (RCN)
- Welcome

Gustaf Nelhans (SSLIS) and Ivar Ternsell Torgersen (SIKT)
- Introduction

10.30 – 12.00 SDGs part I

Caroline Armitage, University of Bergen
- Thoughts on SDG classifications, and a query-based method (Bergen-model).

Marit Øye Gjersdal, Research Council of Norway (RCN)
- Implementation of the Bergen-model at RCN
- ML-based model used previously at RCN
- Comparison of strengths and weaknesses between models

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 15.00 SDG Hackaton

Gustaf Nelhans, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, Borås
- Using Python to match paper abstracts and SDG-descriptions based on NLP

Marit Øye Gjersdal, Research Council of Norway (RCN)
- Code along: Similarity comparison of documents

TUESDAY 23 APRIL

9.00 – 10.30 Open Alex

Jon Holm, Research Council of Norway (RCN)
- The Open Science agenda as a context for research evaluation

Henrik Karlstrøm, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation Research (NIFU)
- A tentative classification of available (open) data-sources for research analysis

Peter Sjögårde, Karolinska Institutet
- ”Challenges using open bibliographic data for bibliometric analysis: Experiences from Karolinska institutet”

Gustaf Nelhans (Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås)
- Research policy aspects of using databases with broad coverage of international literature
- How to handle predatory publishing within unsupervised citation databases.

10.30 – 12.00 Open Alex Hackaton

David Gunnarsson Lorentzen, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås
- Working with Open Alex API:s (code along)
- matching citation data from e.g. WoS with Open Alex
- data sources coupling
- clustering publication metadata based on text, analysis and visualisation with ggplot 

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch (self-organised)

13.00 – 15.30 Open sessions

Jon-Olav Holland (RCN)
- Automated classification of project proposals according to the EU green taxonomy. Invitation to discuss development work in progress

Jakaria Rahman (Chalmers University of Technology)
- Utilizing bibliometrics for university research enhancement.

Vibecke Viul (RCN)
- Two sources of bibliometrics to monitor RCN's portfolios.

Open Discussion
- How to cooperate on developing open data sources for bibliometrics and other research evaluation tasks in the Nordics?

16:00 End of meeting

Registration

Registration - NBI spring meeting

This Spring Meeting is an excellent platform for bibliometricians who utilise coding and programming techniques, to exchange ideas, share insights, and collectively contribute to the evolving field of bibliometrics.

We look forward to your active participation and valuable contributions to make this event successful. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to reach out to the organisers.

Best regards,
Gustaf Nelhans, Ivar Ternsell Torgersen and Jon Holm, for the Nordic Bibliometric Infrastructure (NBI) planning committee.

The event is supported by