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.

doi.org/10.1145/1328964.1328966, hdl.handle.net/1765/77366
ACM SIGIR Forum

Hiemstra, D., Hauff, C., de Jong, F., & Kraaij, W. (2007). SIGIR's 30th Anniversary: An Analysis of Trends in IR Research and the Topology of its Community. ACM SIGIR Forum, 41(December 2007), 18–24. doi:10.1145/1328964.1328966