[ecrea] CfP: Challenges of Social Media Data for Bibliometrics. Special Track at STI Conference 2018

as part of the STI Conference 2018 (http://sti2018.cwts.nl) we will be 
organizing a special track on the “Challenges of Social Media Data for 
Bibliometrics” (#sti18challenge).

This specialized track focuses on the ongoing challenges for using data 
from social media platforms and from third party aggregators as sources 
for research metrics and scientometric indicators. These challenges 
include but are not limited to:

--> platform-based restrictions in accessing social media data and 
potential biases resulting from limited access (also: biases introduced 
by data aggregators)

--> black boxes, hidden algorithms, and lack of information about 
collection processes and context affecting the use of social media data 
and data aggregators

-->lack of understanding of user activities (e.g. motivations to 
retweet, like, share) and user groups in academic contexts

-->incomplete data (e.g. due to missing DOIs or identifiers not tracked 
by aggregators) and noise (e.g.due to bot-activity)

We invite the following types of submissions:

a) original research studying the quality of social media data and data 
aggregators for measuring scholarly communication

b) short (hands-on) introductions and best practices for using data from 
one or more specific social media platforms or aggregators.

Please submit your work as short papers (max 3,000 words) until April 1, 
2018. See http://sti2018.cwts.nl/submissionsfor templates, EasyChair 
access and additional submission information.

Looking forward to your submissions

Katrin Weller, Astrid Orth, Isabella Peters

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CONFERENCE INFORMATION

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23rd Science and Technology Indicators Conference (STI 2018)

September 12-14, 2018

Leiden, The Netherlands.

Website:http://sti2018.cwts.nl <http://sti2018.cwts.nl>

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IMPORTANT DATES

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- Deadline for submissions: April 1, 2018

- Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2018

- Early-bird registration: June 15 – July 15, 2018

- Conference: September 12 - 14, 2018



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