Call for Papers - 1st International Workshop on Science-Related Discourse on the Web (SDW'26)

** Call for Papers **
1st International Workshop on Science-Related Discourse on the Web 
(SDW'26)

We are excited to announce the 1st International Workshop on 
Science-Related Discourse on the Web (SDW’26), collocated with ACM Web 
Science Conference 2026, 26-29 May, Braunschweig, Germany

In recent years, a growing number of people have been engaging in 
science-related discussions on online platforms. This typically informal 
and sometimes decontextualized discourse may result in 
oversimplification, misinterpretation or instrumentalization of
scientific knowledge. Analyzing such discourse is challenging: it 
differs from general online talk, spans multiple platforms, and requires 
interdisciplinary methods.

This workshop provides a venue for interdisciplinary exchange on 
computational and social scientific approaches and resources to
platform specific and cross platform analysis of science-related 
communication.

***Workshop Themes***
    - Methodological challenges related to the analysis of 
science-related discourse on the Web, including data acquisition and 
processing
    - Insights concerning science-related discourse on the Web, e.g., its 
characteristics, evolution, and impact

Topics of interest within these themes include, but are not limited to 
the following:
    - (Cross-platform-) crawling approaches for science-related discourse
    - Methods for the detection and filtering of science-related online 
discourse data
    - Issues and methods related to tracking/linking of users and 
messages within and across different platforms (e.g., X, Bluesky, 
Mastodon, Threads)
    - Practical/legal/ethical issues concerning data access
    - Detection of arguments, claims, evidence, sources, or stances in 
science-related online discourse data
    - Classification of scientific claims w.r.t. verifiability, 
credibility, or veracity (including distinguishing different types of
misinformation such as oversimplification)
    - Analysis of science-related discourse on social media platforms and 
in online news
    - Assessment of the expertness of social media users (e.g., 
scientist, expert, lay person)
    - Classification of sources w.r.t. credibility, political leaning, 
and other biases
    - Usage of social media platforms (e.g., X, Bluesky, Mastodon, 
Threads) by different user groups
    - Usage of memes in science-related discourse on social media
    - Analysis of LLM-generated text in science-related discourse
    - Usage of preprints and open access publications in science-related 
Web discourse


***Submissions***
We invite contributions from Computer Science, Computational Social 
Science, Communication Science, Science Communication, Media and 
Communication Studies, Information Science, Computational Linguistics 
and related fields. We accept both technical and non technical 
submissions, including research papers (completed or in progress and 
unpublished work), annotated datasets, questionnaires, novel data 
collections, tools, and other resources. Emphasis is placed on 
discussion and exchange of ideas, thus we welcome submissions of work in 
progress.
    - full papers (6 - 10 pages, including references, appendices, etc.),
    - short papers (up to 5 pages including references, appendices, 
etc.),
    - extended abstracts for posters and demos (up to 2 pages including 
references, appendices, etc.).

All accepted contributions except extended abstracts will be part of the 
WebSci'26 workshop proceedings, which will be published in a companion 
volume in the ACM Digital Library.
Submission of all papers is electronic, using the EasyChair conference
management system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sdw26

Please find more information on the workshop website:
https://sdw2026.wordpress.com/dates-and-submission/


***Important Dates***
Papers due: March 24, 2026
Paper notifications: April 3, 2026
Paper camera-ready versions due: April 14, 2026
Workshop: May 26, 2026
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