Dear all, This is the last call for registrations to the 2024 LIS-Bibliometrics conference. This one-day event is being held at the University of Brighton on 12th September 2024 and is open to everyone. The conference is free to attend but there are a limited number of places so please sign up in order to ensure a place. *PROGRAMME* We have an exciting programme: *Conference Program* *Time* *Event/session* 08.30-09.10 Registration 09.10-09.30 Welcome to the Conference (Professor Andrew Lloyd Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton and Dr Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes Chair LIS Bibliometrics committee) 09.30-10.15 Keynote: Caroline S. Wagner “How bibliometrics inform decision making” 10.15-10.30 Angela McGuire (Elsevier) 10.30-11.15 Keynote: Jennifer Byrne “A primer on research paper mills in biomedicine” 11.15-11.30 Refreshments/Posters 11.30-12.15 Parallel Sessions Presentation: “Bibliometric methods for identifying AI-assisted papers.” Andrew Gray Presentation: “The meaning of scientific novelty: learning from expert reviews.” Diogo Machado Lightning talk: “Tips for CHIPS: Using thesaurus-based research analytics to train more employable engineering graduates.” Tim Aitken, Katharine Hancox Lightning talk: “Making our metrics service less about metrics and more about service and support.” Kate Lapage, Clare Hemmings, Lorrayne Smith 12:15-13:15 Lunch 13.15-14.45 OurResearch Clarivate Better living through bibliometrics: mapping scholars to government research priorities (Overton) 14.45-15.15 Parallel Sessions Presentation: “Open Science as a Catalyst for Invention: Evidence from Patent Data.” Abdelghani Maddi Presentation: “Bibliometric and Research Impact Application Templates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library.” William Mischo, Mary Schlembach 15.15-15.30 Refreshments/Posters 15.30-16.00 Navigating the Research Landscape : real-world examples of using Inspec Analytics to chart societal impact, government funding and industry-academia collaboration (IET) 16.00-16.45 Keynote: Álvaro Cabezas Clavijo, “Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation in Practice: Between Pragmatism and CoARA” 16.45 – 17:00 Closing Remarks (Dr Barbara S. Lancho Barrantes Chair LIS Bibliometrics committee) *Professor Jennifer Byrne* <https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/jennifer-byrne.html> *School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia* Jennifer leads the PRIMeR group (Publication and Research Integrity in Medical Research) and is based at the NSW Health Statewide Biobank at Camperdown, NSW. *Dr. Álvaro Cabezas Clavijo <https://www.unir.net/profesores/alvaro-cabezas-clavijo/>* *International University of La Rioja, Spain* Álvaro is a lecturer at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR) and serves as the Director of the Research Quality Incentive Service (SICAI) at the same institution. Álvaro is also a founding partner of EC3metrics, an academic consultancy spin-off specializing in bibliometric analysis and scientific evaluation. *Professor Caroline S. Wagner <https://glenn.osu.edu/caroline-s-wagner>* *John Glenn College and Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, United States of America* Caroline conducts research in the field of science and technology and its relationship to policy, society and innovation, with a particular focus on international collaboration. Her expertise is Network Analysis, Complex Systems Theory, Bibliometrics and Federal Budgeting. *REGISTRATION* Register here: https://lisbibliometrics.wordpress.com/c-2024-registration/ Main sessions will be live streamed and conference materials (Recordings, slides etc) made publicly available afterwards. Please share this invite within your networks. Best wishes Behrooz -- *Behrooz Rasuli* Ph.D. in LIS *Department of **Library & Information Science* *Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology <http://irandoc.ac.ir/irandoc-english/irandoc-english.html>* irandoc.ac.ir/u/b-rasuli *Skype: rasuli99*