The ISSI School on Scientometrics 2027
Delighted to share that ISSI (International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics) and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham will host the first official ISSI School on Scientometrics, from 8 to 12 March 2027 at Amrita’s Faridabad campus in NCR Delhi.
This five-day, hands-on school is open to participants worldwide, with a particular focus on the Global South. It covers:
🔹 Reproducible retrieval and analysis of bibliographic data
🔹 STI evidence for policy
🔹 Responsible metrics (DORA and the Leiden Manifesto)
🔹 Social network analysis and domain mapping
Every participant will complete a mentored capstone project. Access to Web of Science/Scopus is provided during the school.
🎤 Keynotes: Abhay Karandikar, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Shekhar C. Mande (TBC) and Bhavani Rao R.
👥 Resource persons: Wolfgang Glänzel, Mike Thelwall, Gangan Prathap, Ki-Seok Kwon, Vivek Kumar Singh and Sujit Bhattacharya. A round table on S&T indicators will bring together senior practitioners from DST, CSIR, UNESCO and Amrita.
Additional Resource Persons & Lab Mentors: Anurag Kanaujia, Prasahsti Singh, Sanjoy Kar
WoS & Scopus Experts
The school is for science managers, policy analysts, librarians, data scientists, PhD scholars, postdocs and early-career researchers. Concessional fees apply for low- and middle-income countries.
🗓️ Applications close 5 December 2026
🔗 https://www.amrita.edu/events/scientometrics-2027/
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