Cool new #IRRJ paper by Charlie Clarke: Annotative Indexing.

https://doi.org/10.54195/irrj.19910

"Annotative indexing can provide the underlying indexing framework for databases that support knowledge graphs, entity retrieval, semi-structured data, and ranked retrieval. (...) we provide examples of SQL-like queries over a JSON store that includes numbers and dates.

Published at #IRRJ: "Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical Futures" by Bhaskar Mitra

https://doi.org/10.54195/irrj.19654

Published at #IRRJ: "Don't Use LLMs to Make Relevance Judgments" by Ian Soboroff. #evaluation #relevance #llm https://doi.org/10.54195/irrj.19625

At #IRRJ, everyone gets a chance to publish #OpenAccess. Our article processing charges are: zero dollar, zero euro, zero yuan, zero real, zero ruble, zero rand, zero yen, zero rupees, zero pound, zero rial, zero peso, ...

Good news: #IRRJ now officially has an ISSN and we are able to hand out DOIs. ISSN: 3050-9106, E-ISSN: 3050-9114. We plan to present our first paper issue at #SIGIR2025.

Some people told us that the #IR scene is flocking to bsky, but where are they?

#IRRJ followers on #bluesky: 20
#IRRJ followers on #fediverse: 72

Boosts/Repost welcome

You can now submit papers to the brand new open access Information Retrieval Research Journal #IRRJ!

https://irrj.org/call-for-papers

You can now submit your manuscripts for #IRRJ: Click on "Make a submission" at: https://irrj.org and follow the author guidelines or read the Call for Papers at: https://irrj.org/call-for-papers

Harrie Oosterhuis spreading the news about the continuation of IRJ under the new flag:

Information Retrieval Research Journal
https://irrj.org

Lead by @djoerd with the complete support of the IRJ founders and many prior board members. Submit your work!!

If you are at SIGIR:

Please find your IRRJ flyer at the registration desk or the info table!

And, read up this thread for extra background info. Tnx @djoerd for starting this initiative, and the editors for stepping up to serve the IR community.

Finally: submit your work!!

https://idf.social/@djoerd/112789991514521470

Today at #SIGIR2024, the Information Retrieval Research Journal #IRRJ will be informally announced:
• Open Access,
• No article processing charges,
• Papers in all areas of Information Retrieval (IR),
• First issue planned end of 2024,
• Submissions open in September,
• To enlarge IR with researchers from low-income countries!