Blaise Cronin, Rudy Professor of Information Science, will receive the 2013 Derek de Solla Price Award and medal. The Price Award honors scholars who have made “outstanding contributions to the fields of quantitative studies of science.” It is awarded by the journal Scientometrics at the biennial conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics. Tibor Braun, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, noted that Professor Cronin will receive the award in recognition of his “excellent research activity and performance.” The award will be presented in July at the 2013 ISSI Conference in Vienna, Austria.
Posted January 10, 2013