SIGIR’s 30th anniversary: an analysis of trends in IR research and the topology of its community

by Djoerd Hiemstra, Claudia Hauff, Franciska de Jong, and Wessel Kraaij

This paper presents an analysis of all SIGIR proceedings to date in order to summarize what IR researchers discussed over the years, where they are from, and whether subcommunities can be identified, determined by co-authorship.

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