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.
 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.

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)

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