Purpose: This study developed a comprehensive database of presentation abstracts from the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Annual Conference and examined patterns in research methodology, authorship, collaboration, and institutional participation over two decades. Method: Abstract metadata was compiled from the SSWR Confex conference management system for presentations from 2005 to 2026 using web scraping. A small language model (gpt-oss:20b) performed classification and extraction tasks on abstracts, including categorization of methodologies and parsing of author affiliations, with human review at each major stage to ensure accuracy. Results: The database contains 23,793 presentations with 69,924 author records representing 20,779 unique researchers from 4,049 institutions across 93 countries. Annual conference presentations increased from 423 in 2005 to 1,935 in 2026, representing a compound annual growth rate of 7.5%. Quantitative methods predominated (61.1%), followed by qualitative approaches (23.4%), mixed methods (9.1%), and reviews (5.4%). The mean number of authors per presentation increased from 2.22 in 2005 to 3.31 in 2026. International participation grew from 4.5% to 13.5% of author affiliations over the observation period. Discussion: Findings indicate substantial growth in SSWR conference participation, alongside increased collaboration and international engagement. The methodological distribution reveals continued quantitative predominance with growing qualitative representation. This database provides research infrastructure for systematic hypothesis testing about research priorities and disciplinary development over time, enabling analyses that inform both scholarship and conference planning.
翻译:目的:本研究开发了一个来自社会工作与社会研究学会(SSWR)年会的演讲摘要综合数据库,并考察了二十年来研究方法论、作者身份、合作及机构参与的模式。方法:通过网页抓取技术,从SSWR Confex会议管理系统中编译了2005年至2026年演讲的摘要元数据。使用小型语言模型(gpt-oss:20b)对摘要进行分类和提取任务,包括方法论分类和作者归属解析,并在每个主要阶段进行人工审核以确保准确性。结果:数据库包含23,793个演讲,69,924条作者记录,代表来自93个国家4,049个机构的20,779位独特研究人员。年度会议演讲从2005年的423个增加到2026年的1,935个,复合年增长率为7.5%。定量方法占主导地位(61.1%),其次是定性方法(23.4%)、混合方法(9.1%)和综述(5.4%)。每个演讲的平均作者数从2005年的2.22人增加到2026年的3.31人。国际参与比例在研究期间从作者归属的4.5%增长到13.5%。讨论:研究结果表明SSWR会议参与度的显著增长,同时伴随着合作与国际参与的增加。方法论分布显示定量方法持续主导,但定性方法的代表性也在增长。该数据库为关于研究重点和学科发展随时间变化的系统假设检验提供了研究基础设施,使得分析既能丰富学术研究,也能为会议规划提供参考。