Próba analizy bibliometrycznej publikacji 25. Zjazdu Katedr Marketingu, Handlu i Konsumpcji - doświadczenia przeszłości i wyzwania przyszłości

The paper endeavours to assess the publications from 25th Congress of Marketing, Commerce and Consumption Departments, which took place in Toruń in 2014, using a bibliometric analysis. It consists of two parts. The first focuses on the essence of bibliometrics, its importance in the academic activity and in communicating research results. The second part presents findings of the author’s own query, and an analysis of publication output of the 2014 congress. Research has utilized the basic bibliometric data (country of origin, the author, language and a form of publication). The analyzed material consisted of 195 papers, in which altogether there were 3164 texts of Polish (49,8%) and foreign (50,2%) authors. The impact factor of previous congresses was very small – 0,6%. This analysis has a preliminary and limited character. It is recommended that an extended and deeper bibliometric research on the marketing literature in Poland should be undertaken, and a marketing impact factor (of marketing literature) on other academic fields and disciplines need to be created. A first step should focus on the formation of a set of marketing, market, commerce and consumption journals which positions and „effectiveness” in terms of bibliometrics is significant. It would be a community’s answer to the „challenges of the future,” which were underlined during the second part of the 25th Congress of Departments in Toruń in 2014.