preliminary programme 2026
Monday, August 31st:
08.30 – 09.00
Welcome and Registration
09.00 – 09.30
General Introduction
Wolfgang Glänzel, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) & Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium
09.30 – 10.00
Introduction to Bibliometric Data Sources
Elvira González-Salmón, Universidad de Granada, Spain
10.00 – 10.45
Accuracy and Beyond: Data Quality of Bibliometric Databases
Stephan Stahlschmidt, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), Germany
10.45 – 11.15
Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.00
Designing Effective Queries for Document Retrieval
Stephan Gauch, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
12.00 – 12.45
Data Cleaning and Harmonisation
Bart Thijs & Wolfgang Glänzel, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) & Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium
12.45 – 13.45
Lunch Break
13.45 – 14.00
Introduction to the Exercises
14.00 – 15.30
Exercises
15.30 – 16.00
Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00
Exercises
Tuesday, September 1st:
09.00 – 09.45
Scientometric Indicators in Use: an Introduction
Sybille Hinze, Berlin University Alliance, Germany
09.45 – 10.30
Indicators in Evaluative Contexts at Various Levels of Aggregation
Dimity Stephen, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), Germany
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45
Subject Normalisation for Citation Analysis
Wolfgang Glänzel, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) & Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium
11.45 – 12.30
Altmetrics and Open Science
Nicolas Robinson-Garcia, Universidad de Granada, Spain
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch Break
13.30 – 15.00
Exercises
15.00 – 15.30
Coffee Break
15.30 – 16.30
Exercises
16.30 – 17.00
Product Presentation by Clarivate
tba
19.00 – 21.00
Guided Tour through the Historical City of Leuven
Wednesday, September 2nd:
09.00 – 09.45
Research Collaboration Measured by Co-Authorship
Wolfgang Glänzel, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) & Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium
09.45 – 10.30
The Application of Network Analysis in Science Studies: Common Theoretical Background for Broad Applications
Bart Thijs & Wolfgang Glänzel, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) & Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45
Scientometric Tools: Overview and Examples
Bart Thijs, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) & Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium
11.45 – 12.30
Visualization Tools: Overview and Examples
Nicolas Robinson-Garcia, Universidad de Granada, Spain
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch Break
13.30 – 15.00
Exercises
15.00 – 15.30
Coffee Break
15.30 – 16.30
Exercises
16.30 – 17.00
Product Presentation by Elsevier
tba
Thursday, September 3rd:
Focus Topic Day: Text Analysis for Scientometrics
09.00 – 09.45
General Introduction and Challenges
Bart Thijs & Wolfgang Glänzel, Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) & Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium
09.45 – 10.30
Models and Methods for Text Analysis
Stephan Gauch, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45
The Challenge of Citation Context Analysis: Semantics of Science Beyond Metadata
Iana Atanassova, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, CRIT, Besançon, France
11.45 – 12.30
Beyond Citations: Using NLP to Identify Novel Scientific Ideas and Their Influence on Scientific and Technological Progress
Sam Arts, Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch Break
13.30 – 15.00
Exercises
15.00 – 15.30
Coffee Break
15.30 – 17.00
Agora
Text Analysis for Scientometrics: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderation:
Stephan Gauch
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Panel:
Iana Atanassova
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, CRIT, Besançon, France
Sam Arts
FEB, KU Leuven, Belgium
Bart Thijs
KU Leuven, Belgium
Wolfgang Glänzel
KU Leuven, Belgium
17.00 – 17.30
Enriching Scientometric Data in BigQuery: Digital Science Dataset
Kathryn Weber-Boer, Director Scientometrics – Scientometric Researcher Engagement
19.00 – 22.00
Conference Dinner
Friday, September 4th:
Best Practices in Bibliometrics
09.00 – 09.45
Bibliometric Services Provided by Libraries: Basic Tasks and New Challenges
Juan Gorraiz, retired researcher, formerly at the University of Vienna
09.45 – 10.30
AI-Enhanced Bibliometric Services at the University of Modena & Reggio Emilia (Unimore): Balancing Innovation and Responsibility in Research Evaluation
Nicola De Bellis, Bibliometric Office – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30
From Data to Decision-Making: Practical Insights into Bibliometric Services
A Framework for the Responsible Use of Bibliometrics, with Some Examples of Operationalisation
Cinzia Daraio, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Quality Assurance in (Faculty) Evaluation Processes
Iwona Dullinger, University of Vienna, Austria
Assessing the Berlin University Alliance: Bibliometrics Meets Qualitative Evidence
Sybille Hinze, Berlin University Alliance, Germany
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.30
Exercises Finalization
14.30 – 16.00
Students Presentation and Feedback
16.00 – 16.30
Farewell Coffee
Naturally I support any efforts to educate the younger generation of scientists and librarians on how to make constructive use of the bibliometric and scientometric data that is available to them. I wish you all the best in your new endeavor. Best wishes.