univie: European Summer School for Scientometrics (ESSS)

About

The European Summer School for Scientometrics (esss) offers advanced training in scientometrics, covering key methods, indicators, and major databases. The program combines solid theoretical foundations with hands-on applications in contexts ranging from academic research to science policy and evaluation.
It is aimed at researchers—especially PhD candidates and early-career scholars—as well as research managers, librarians, and information professionals interested in science and technology indicators.
A hallmark of the esss are its outstanding social events, which not only foster genuine community and lasting connections but also provide the unique chance to meet and engage with the leading experts of the field on a personal level

Target group

The European Summer School for Scientometrics (esss) serves the needs of a broad audience like science policy makers, research quality managers, scientists, information specialists and librarians as well as PhD students. Basic knowledge on bibliometrics and citation analysis is utile but not required

Course aim

Main topics:
Definition, history and institutionalization of bibliometrics, scientometrics and informetrics
Introduction to the most usual data sources
Overview and use of the most important and relevant scientometric indicators
Theory, approaches and limitations of subject classifications
Data handling: data retrieval, data cleaning and processing
Introduction to journal impact measures
Subject normalization for citation analysis
Network analysis: theoretical background and practical examples using different tools
Best practices of bibliometric applications and services
Introduction and practical application of alternative metrics
Scientometric software & tools: critical overview

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