Research evaluation: from social choice to journal metrics
9:00 Welcome address
Giovanni URSINO, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
THEORY SESSION
9:15 Ranking and scoring: a few principles to choose a method
Gabrielle DEMANGE, Paris School of Economics
10:00 On the aggregation of partial orders
Clemens PUPPE, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
10:35 Coffee break
11:00 Two stories about distortion in social choice
Ioannis CARAGIANNIS, Aarhus University
11:35 Aggregating rankings of journals: the Venice method
Pietro BATTISTON, University of Pisa
12.10 Lunch
APPLIED SESSION
13:40 Research assessment, scientometrics and peer review: The need for coordinated reform
Ludo WALTMAN, Leiden University
14:25 Peer review meltdown
Carl BERGSTROM, University of Washington
15:00 Coffee break
15:20 New AI, transformation of scholarly communication, and dilemmas for data curators
Andrea SCHARNHORST, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
15:55 Is research assessment fair in Humanities and Social Sciences?
Andrea BONACCORSI, University of Pisa
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 ROUND TABLE
Stakeholders and market players
Paolo SIRITO, UCSC Library System, moderator
Giovanni ABRAMO, President of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
Ryan BEARDSLEY, Clarivate, Academic and Government Consulting
Gabriella BENEDETTI, UniPi Library System
Jason PRIEM, OurResearch, OpenAlex
Kathryn WEBER-BOER, Digital Science, Scientometric Researcher Engagement
Alberto ZIGONI, Elsevier, Research Intelligence Solutions
Organizers
Rudy ALHADDAD, Nicolas DORÉMUS, Lorenzo PINNA, Oleksandra SOKOLENKO, Mauro SYLOS LABINI
