  Conferences are deeply connected to research fields, in this case
bibliometrics. As such, they are a venue to present and discuss current and
innovative research, and play an important role for the scholarly community. In
this article, we provide an overview on the history of conferences in
bibliometrics. We conduct an analysis to list the most prominent conferences
that were announced in the newsletter by ISSI, the International Society for
Scientometrics and Informetrics. Furthermore, we describe how conferences are
connected to learned societies and journals. Finally, we provide an outlook on
how conferences might change in future.
