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Research performance of Konstantin Momirovic (1932-2004), a prominent Serbian psychologist and statistician was analyzed, based on one domestic (SocioFakt) and one international citation database (SSCI). His productivity was described in terms of number of papers published in various local journals, while his typical research interests were revealed by applying frequency analysis of his keywords, abstract terms, and international authors he had cited. In order to evaluate his impact in various research fields, his citations and heterocitations was cross-tabulated against all citing disciplinary journals. Finally, latent influence of his contribution on the structure of national social sciences was tested by deriving two co citation maps of local journals: one produced with, and the other without his papers and citations. The results show Momirovic'es exceptional output and its substantial influence on the structure of social factual sciences, particularly on the position of psychology as a discipline. His output turned out to be also specific one asking for careful treatment of leaders of hidden colleges in practical evaluation. Incidentally, results also revealed his intellectual relatedness with Hans Eysenck, a hidden finding which was possible to corroborate by perceived personalities of both, accompanied with some critical details from their biographies.

Born in 1932 in Tetovo (Macedonia). Graduated from elementary and high school in Belgrade. He received his BS degree in psychology from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb in 1955 and his PhD in psychometrics from the University of Zagreb in 1963. From 1955 to 1959 he was employed as clinical psychologist and head of the Laboratory for Applied Psychology at the Military Hospital in Zagreb. From 1960 to 1966 he acted as head of the Laboratory for Experimental Design and Statistics at the Institute for Developmental Problems of Children and Youths in Zagreb. He was Assistant at the Faculty of Physical Education from 1960 to 1963 ; Assistant Professor from 1963 to 1966 ; Associate Professor from 1966 to 1971 ; Full Professor of Psychology and Quantitative methods from 1971 to 1990 at the same faculty. In the period from 1971 to 1990 he acted as Head of Research and Development Division and as General Manager (1979-1983) of the University Computing Centre - SRCE at the University of Zagreb. From 1991 to 1997 he was Full Professor of Statistics at the Faculty of philosophy of the University of Belgrade, and from 1991 on he acted as Scientific Consultant and Chief Project Manager at the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research. His visiting positions include: Professor of Statistics and Computer Programming in graduate and postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of Moscow University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics of Moscow University, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Defectology of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics of the University of Sarajevo, and faculties of Physical Education at Universities of Belgrade, Ljubljana and Novi Sad.He mentored MA, PhD, MD and BS degree students at Universities of Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Sarajevo and Novi Sad. The main fields of scientific interest of Dr. Momirović are statistics, mathematical psychology and criminology. He published 38 books and around 500 scientific and professional papers in scientific journals or monographs of statistics, computer science, psychology, sociology, biological anthropology and kinesiology. Dr Momirović had been a member of: International Statistical Institute, Psychometric Society, European Anthropological Association, International Association of Statistical Computing, Statistical society of Serbia and Anthropological Association of Yugoslavia. He is a founding member of Croatian Biometrisc Society Konstantin Mimirović's bibliography (1957 – 2007) consists of 1832 titles prsented as: 1. Books and Monographs (38) ; 2. Papers (499) ; 3. Computer Programs and Educational Documents and Materials: SRCE*SS-MACRO Library and SRCE*GENS-MACRO Library (63) ; Educational Documents and Materials (4) ; 3 SPSS Macro programs in SPSS Macro Library (762) ; 4. Technical Reports (390) ; 5 Published Summaries of the Papers (62) ; 6 Surveys and Studies: 1957-2007, with Limited Access to Scientific Public (22).

This year, when ITI Conference is celebrating its 30th Anniversary, Data Mining, Statistics and Biometrics Session is dedicated to the Memory of Konstantin Momirović (1932-2004). Professor Konstantin Momirović was a leader of the "Zagreb Statistics School". The term was coined in 1986 by the famous statistician Henry F. Kaiser of the University of Berkeley, USA, while working with Momirović and his team as a Fulbright Fellow at the University Computing Centre - SRCE. From Momirović's rich and outstanding carrier, three main activities are highlighted that were of special importance to this Anniversary: • His longtime contribution to the ITI Conference, • His longtime contribution to SRCE, the Conference organizer, and • His contribution to the founding of Croatian Biometrisc Society (1989), coorganizer of the ITI topic Data Mining, Statistics and Biometrics for the last 15 years.

In this paper development of research methodology in Zagreb kinesiolgiy circle is presented. It is stated that form 1960’ s Zagreb kinesiology circle kinesiology was developing as contemporary science of human movement. It is based on the principles and methodological developments appropriate to the research problems imposed and resolved. As a central and dominant figure of methodological developments is recognized prof. Konstantin Momirović PhD. (1932-2004). “ He made kinesiology into a research field” as noticed by prof. Ingram Olkin (2008). Multivariate data analysis and statistics had been a core of his research methodology considerations. His role of active contributor to both the theoretical and applied developments is stressed. Development of ideas on research methodology and multivariate data analysis, in kinesiology as a science, it is presented trough several recognized phases. In the first, initialization phase, methodological topics had been treated as an act of assimilation of ideas and techniques from close related and more developed social scientific disciplines (i.e. psychology etc.). In the second phase “ Zagreb Methodological and Multivariate Data Analysis Circle” at the University of Zagreb (Institute of Kinesiology at the Faculty of Physical Education and at the University Computing Centre - SRCE) had been established, where completely new ideas emerged. In the third phase he influenced and organized various productive groups of researchers, so the circle became a school which influenced other social sciences too. Within these three periods some sub phases and several areas of interest are relatively easy recognized. Evolution of some of the most influential ideas, algorithmic solutions and program implementations are demonstrated. Finally, his contributions and influences are divided in the same way as they are grouped and incorporated into the SPSS macro language coded library of seven hundred and sixty macro programs (Prot, F., A. Hosek, K. Bosnar, V. Luzar-Stiffler, V. Hljuz Dobric, Z. Bekić, M. Gredelj (2008)). This short overview is the core of a more elaborate presentation scheduled for Key note speech to the Research Methodology section of 5th . International conference on Kinesiology at Zagreb 2008.

Konstantin Momirović (1932-2004) had been an active contributor to both the theoretical and applied developments in multivariate data analysis from its early beginnings in 1960 until his sudden death in 2004. Some of his methodological contributions were published even after 2004. From the point of view of development of his ideas on multivariate data analysis, it is possible to recognize several phases. In the first, initialization phase, he worked on methodological topics as an individual assimilating and developing contemporary ideas. In the second phase, he influenced and became the originator and principal figure in the so called “ Zagreb Methodological and Multivariate Data Analysis Circle” at the University of Zagreb (Institute of Kinesiology at the Faculty of Physical Education and at the University Computing Centre - SRCE) where completely new ideas emerged. In the third phase he influenced and organized various productive groups of researchers around the Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research, and the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy of University of Belgrade. Within these three periods some sub phases are recognized, as well. In each of these phases and sub phases several areas of interest are relatively easy to recognize. Evolution of some of the more influential ideas, algorithmic solutions and program implementations are demonstrated. Finally, his contributions and influences are divided in the same way as they are grouped and incorporated into the SPSS macro language coded library of seven hundred and sixty macro programs (Prot, F., A. Hosek, K. Bosnar, V. Luzar-Stiffler, V. Hljuz Dobric, Z. Bekić, M. Gredelj (2008)). This short overview is the core of a more elaborate presentation scheduled for Memorial Session: "Data Mining, Statistics and Biometrics" during the ITI 2008 30th Anniversary Conference at Cavtat.

Pregledni rad o razvoju metodologije u “zagrebačkom kineziologijskom krugu” koji je intenzivno otpočeo u 1960-im godinama na Visokoj školi, a nastavio se na Fakultetu za fizičku kulturu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Metodologijska istraživanja okosnica su razvoja suvremene kineziologije. Istraživačkim doprinosom u ovom prdručju dominira prof.dr.KonstantinM omirović I grupa istraživača koju je okupio oko sebe. Ovaj jedinstvewni pristup razvoju metodologijskih istraživanja podijeljen je u tri cjeline srodnih problema, odnosno, radova koji predstavljaju originalni znanstveni i stručni doprinos: 1. Kineziometrija (konstrukcija novih modela u području teorije mjerenja) ; 2. Analiza podataka (novi modeli, metode i algoritmi za organizaciju i analizu podataka) ; 3. Informatika (izrada programske podrške za informacijske sustave i analizu podataka). Metode istraživanja se temelje na multivarijatnom statističkom pristupu analizi podataka prikupljenih kineziologijskim istraživanjima.