Information technology and science: The conference «SCIENCE ONLINE: electronic information resources for science and education” in Sicily

The XVII International Conference “SCIENCE ONLINE: electronic information resources for science and education” takes place from 24 to 31 May 2013 in Sicily (Italy).

The conference SCIENCE ONLINE is the main event for professionals from Russia, CIS and far abroad, working in the field of information management academic and applied research, education and knowledge-intensive business sectors, as well as analysis and statistical science, evaluation of research activities. The authoritative forum has become a traditional meeting place for the leaders of universities, academic and industrial research institutions, publishers and producers of scientific information, libraries, teachers and researchers, experts on science metrics and information technology.

The format of the conference SCIENCE ONLINE 2013 requires competent and in-depth discussion of the theoretical, methodological and practical issues related to the integrated solution to the problems of accounting, analysis and evaluation of research activities in universities and research organizations, problems of distribution, promotion and use of electronic information resources in the field of science and education.

The main topics of the conference SCIENCE ONLINE 2013:

- Principles, methods and indicators of estimation of scientific activity;

- Science Citation Database Web of Science, Scopus, practice of their use for the analysis of scientific organizations, researchers and scientific journals;

- Open Access Electronic resources (journals, databases, repositories of publications) from the point of view of researchers, publishers, administrators of science. Technology of creation, storage and access, legal aspects;

- New opportunities for information-analytical system SCIENCE INDEX, designed for the analysis of publication activity and citation of Russian scientists and scientific and educational organizations;

- Methods to improve the efficiency of scientific activity;

- New tools and services to work with scientific information resources;

- New services for publishers to place non-periodical publications (monographs, textbooks, conference proceedings, etc.);

- University rankings: who and how establishes lists of the best universities.