The 13th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics

Abstract

The 13th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics took place in Durban, South Africa from 4 to 7 July 2011 (Ocholla and Ingwersen 2011). The meeting was organised under the auspices of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI) and by the ISSI 2011 Conference Local Organising Committee with the participation of six Universities and Research Centres in South Africa, particularly, the Durban University of Technology, the University of Cape Town, the University of KwaZulu Natal, the National Research Foundation, the University of South Africa, the University of Pretoria and the University of Zululand. The event was hosted by the University of Zululand and Durban University of Technology. This was the first time that the conference was held in Africa. The previous 12 conferences in this series of biannual International Conferences on Scientometrics and Informetrics had been held in Belgium (1987), Canada (1989), India (1991), Germany (1993), USA (1995), Israel (1997), Mexico (1999), Australia (2001), China (2003), Sweden (2005), Spain (2007) and Brazil (2009). The conference attracted about 200 participants from 32 countries. At the conference, 93 oral presentations (65 full papers and 28 research in progress papers), together with 52