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I have a passion for research that involves the activities, processes, and experiences arising in the meeting between users, information, and information systems in a given context - with the goal of optimizing these to empower users in their task and problem-solving.
My main research interests include Information Retrieval (IR), structured documents in IR, XML IR and user interaction, domain-specific search, understanding user intents and exploiting context in IR, as well as Informetrics/Bibliometrics, citation analysis, and quantitative research evaluation. I publish widely in these areas both internationally and nationally and often co-author with collaborators from a widespread network of researchers.
I am broadly engaged in program committees and reviewing in the main journals and conferences within the areas covered by my research interests as well as professional organizations nationally and internationally. Additionally, I am an active consultant carrying out research-based scientometric evaluations for universities and governmental agencies.
I have taken part in a number of research projects, including the ACUMEN EU project that investigated new ways of assessing individual researchers, the PROMISE EU Network of Excellence, that provided a virtual laboratory for conducting participative research and experimentation on complex information systems, the Danish LARM project that built a large-scale humanities research infrastructure for radio and auditory culture research, the CoSound project that investigated how to combine user-generated and automatically extracted analysis of audio streams, the ReACT project that defined a detailed model for wider societal impact of Humanities research, the Community Drive project that investigated how school pupils can use existing open data and self-generated data from electronic sensors for the identification and discussion of social challenges, the ODECO EU Training Initiative that investigates the use of open government data to create social value, and educational designs for building open data skills as well as research networks such as the EU COST MUMIA network which investigated multifaceted access to patent information. I held working group chair in all of these.
As of November 2023, I have received a total 741 citations in Thomson Reuters Web of Science; (h-index 14), 1,158 citations in Scopus (h-index 18) and 2,666 citations in Google Scholar (h-index 28).
My teaching areas include several topics in information retrieval (e.g., web, online, and enterprise search), digital libraries, information architecture and web content management, cultural heritage and informetrics/bibliometrics and well as interaction design. A central aspect of my teaching is to enable students to understand the relation between information architecture and information use, and the consequences one has on the other. I see great value in students getting first-hand experience with information systems, and for them to be involved in user experiments and evaluation as a way of making connections between theory and practice, and for enabling them to put new knowledge into action. I teach and am an active supervisor on all levels (BSc, MSc, PhD, post doc as well as continuing education courses).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Communication and Informatics
- Inteaction Design
- User Experience Design
- Research Evaluation
- Bibliometrics
- Scientometrics
- Information Retrieval
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Collaborations from the last five years
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Maximising availability and use of local government open data
01/02/2022 → 31/01/2025
Project: PhD Project
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Construction of a Research Indicator for Aalborg University
Stoustrup, J. (PI), Jensen, W. (CoI), Kristensen, T. N. (CoI), Larsen, B. (CoI), Müller, C. (CoI), Nielsen, T. (CoI), Albretsen, J. (CoI), Bjerg Bennike, K. (CoI), Melchiorsen, P. M. (CoI) & Sivertsen, G. (CoI)
14/09/2022 → 31/12/2023
Project: Consultancy
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ODECO: ODECO: Towards a sustainable Open Data ECOsystem
Magnussen, R., Larsen, B., López Reyes, M. & Celis Vargas, A.
01/09/2021 → 01/09/2024
Project: Research
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Community Drive: Community Drive: Teaching Children And Young People To Transform Cities Through Community And Data-driven Methods
Magnussen, R., Mechlenborg, M., Pedersen, D. B., Stjernfelt, F., Larsen, B., Misfeldt, M., Ejsing-Duun, S., Hanghøj, T., Andersen, H. T., Christensen, T. H. B., E. Mogensen, P., Pedersen, J. M., de Neergaard, M., Rasmussen, L. L. L. M. M., Rusmann, A., Hvillum, L. S. Ø., Fog, H. S., Reng, L. & Saddiqa, M.
01/05/2018 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research
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Deff OPERA
Sandfær, M. (PI), Ibanez, K. S. H. (Project Manager), Pedersen, D. B. (Project Manager), Lauridsen, N. D. (Project Manager), Steensboe, C. (Project Manager), Larsen, B. (Project Manager), Melchiorsen, P. M. (Project Manager), Hvidtfeldt, R. (Project Participant), Lykke, M. (Project Participant), Thidemann, N. (Project Participant), Hansen, K. K. (Project Participant), Høj, A. L. (Project Participant) & Stegger Gemzøe, A. (Project Participant)
DEFF - Danmarks Elektroniske Fag- og Forskningsbibliotek
15/02/2018 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research
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A review of the characteristics of 108 author-level bibliometric indicators
Wildgaard, L., Schneider, J. W. & Larsen, B., 2014, In: Scientometrics. 101, 1, p. 125-158 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Comprehensive bibliographic coverage of the social sciences and humanities in a citation index: an empirical analysis of the potential
Sivertsen, G. & Larsen, B., 10 Jan 2012, In: Scientometrics. 91, 2, p. 567-575Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
93 Citations (Scopus) -
The publication-citation matrix and its derived quantities
Ingwersen, P. E. R., Larsen, B., Rousseau, R. & Russell, J., 2001, In: Chinese science bulletin. 46(6), p. 524-528Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
45 Citations (Scopus) -
Developing a Test Collection for the Evaluation of Integrated Search
Lykke, M., Larsen, B., Lund, H. & Ingwersen, P., 2010, Advances in Information Retrieval . Springer, Vol. 5993. p. 627-630 4 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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The interactive track at INEX 2004
Larsen, B., Tombros, A. & Malik, S., 2005, Advances in XML information retrieval. Berlin: Springer, p. 410-423Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
27 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Reusing the Model and Components of an IIR Study for Perceived Effects of OCR Quality Change
Kettunen, K. (Contributor), Keskustalo, H. (Contributor), Larsen, B. (Contributor), Pääkkönen, T. (Contributor) & Rautiainen, J. (Contributor), Zenodo, 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6354459, https://zenodo.org/record/6354459
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Activities
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Uddannelses- og forskningsministeriet (External organisation)
Birger Larsen (Chairperson)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2023Activity: Memberships › Membership of committees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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Department of Communication and Psychology (Organisational unit)
Birger Larsen (Chairperson)
Sept 2022 → Dec 2022Activity: Memberships › Membership of committees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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Udvalget til konstruktion af forskningsindikator på AAU (Event)
Stoustrup, J. (Chairperson), Jensen, W. (Member), Kristensen, T. N. (Member), Larsen, B. (Member), Albretsen, J. (Member), Müller, C. (Member), Nielsen, T. (Member), Bjerg Bennike, K. (Member), Melchiorsen, P. M. (Member) & Sivertsen, G. (Member)
Sept 2022 → Feb 2023Activity: Memberships › Membership of committees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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Science, Policy and Information Studies (Organisational unit)
Birger Larsen (Chairperson)
Feb 2022 → Dec 2022Activity: Memberships › Membership of committees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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Department of Communication and Psychology (Organisational unit)
Birger Larsen (Chairperson)
Sept 2021 → Sept 2024Activity: Memberships › Membership of committees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
Press/Media
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Muligheder og udfordringer med åbne offentlige dataøkosystemer
Malena López Reyes, Birger Larsen & Rikke Magnussen
31/03/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Studie: Øjet bruger mindre tid på 'fake news'-overskrifter
19/08/2020 → 25/08/2020
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Open Data: Fantastisk ide eller bureaukratisk mareridt?
07/11/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media