The awarding ceremony of the Derek de Solla Price Memorial Medal has become an essential part of the programme of ISSI conferences since the foundation of the Society in 1993. The Price Medal was conceived and launched by Tibor Braun, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Scientometrics, and is periodically awarded by the journal to scientists with outstanding contributions to the fields of quantitative studies of science. The journal Scientometrics is an international journal for all quantitative aspects of the science of science, communication in science and science policy co-published by Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, and Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
The first medal was awarded to Eugene Garfield in 1984. The medal was first awarded annually, later, since 1993, biannually. You can view a short biography of Derek de Solla Price here.

The procedure consists of two parts: nominating and voting. Nominations are made by a panel comprised of the editors and members of the advisory board of Scientometrics together with former Price awardees. First, the nomination panel is asked to nominate in a non-ranked list up to six scientists they feel have contributed most to the field of quantitative studies of science. Following receipt of nominations, ballots for voting are sent to the committee members. The winner of the award is the person (or team) with the highest score.

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1984
Eugene Garfield (USA)

1985
Michael J. Moravcsik (USA)

1986
Tibor Braun (Hungary)

1987
Vasily V. Nalimov (Soviet Union)
Henry Small (USA)

1988
Francis Narin (USA)

1989
Bertram C. Brookes (UK)
Jan Vlachy (Czechoslovakia)

1993
András Schubert (Hungary)

1995
Anthony F. J. Van Raan (The Netherlands)
Robert K. Merton (USA)

1997
John Irvine (UK) and Ben Martin (UK) (jointly)
Belver C. Griffith (USA)

1999
Wolfgang Glänzel (Germany/Hungary)
Henk F. Moed (The Netherlands)

2001
Ronald Rousseau (Belgium)
Leo Egghe (Belgium)

2003
Loet Leydesdorff (The Netherlands)

2005
Peter Ingwersen (Denmark)
Howard D. White (USA)

2007
Katherine W. McCain (USA)

2009
Péter Vinkler (Hungary)
Michel Zitt (France)

2011
Olle Persson (Sweden)