A brief history of altmetrics
“No one can read everything. We rely on filters to make sense of the scholarly literature, but the narrow, traditional filters are being swamped. However, the growth of new, online scholarly tools...
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Abstract Many articles have been written about efforts to predict how many citations a research article will receive, based on indicators available before or shortly after publication. These efforts...
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“…Russel Lyons who posits that Christakis' and Fowler's work is a great example of statistical illiteracy, and that the conclusion drawn from their data, that obesity is socially contagious, is...
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Introduction In the past, citations were the prime source for measuring scholarly impact. With the advent of altmetrics, it is possible to detect the use and consumption of scholarly publishing on a...
View ArticleDownloads versus citations and the role of publication language
Since scientific literature is now published and distributed mainly online, a number of initiatives have been developed to attempt to measure scientific impact from download data. Such data would allow...
View ArticleThe grey literature from an altmetrics perspective – opportunity and challenges
The field of altmetrics encompasses both alternative metrics (data beyond citation counts or impact factors) and alternative research outputs (like datasets and software). But some material falls into...
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Juan Pablo Alperin (@juancommander) is a PhD candidate in the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a researcher and systems developer with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). Juan leads several...
View ArticleGauging openness, measuring impact
Introduction This article examines the linked concepts of openness and usability as applied to scholarly works. Openness is used to mean many different things, from transparency about influence when...
View ArticleEvaluating the individual researcher – adding an altmetric perspective
Introduction ACUMEN was an EU funded research project aimed at “understanding the ways in which researchers are evaluated by their peers and by institutions, and at assessing how the science system can...
View ArticleA brief history of altmetrics
“No one can read everything. We rely on filters to make sense of the scholarly literature, but the narrow, traditional filters are being swamped. However, the growth of new, online scholarly tools...
View ArticlePredicting citation counts
Abstract Many articles have been written about efforts to predict how many citations a research article will receive, based on indicators available before or shortly after publication. These efforts...
View ArticleScholarly blogs are a promising altmetric source
“…Russel Lyons who posits that Christakis' and Fowler's work is a great example of statistical illiteracy, and that the conclusion drawn from their data, that obesity is socially contagious, is...
View ArticleA comparison of citations, downloads and readership data for an information...
Introduction In the past, citations were the prime source for measuring scholarly impact. With the advent of altmetrics, it is possible to detect the use and consumption of scholarly publishing on a...
View ArticleDownloads versus citations and the role of publication language
Since scientific literature is now published and distributed mainly online, a number of initiatives have been developed to attempt to measure scientific impact from download data. Such data would allow...
View ArticleThe grey literature from an altmetrics perspective – opportunity and challenges
The field of altmetrics encompasses both alternative metrics (data beyond citation counts or impact factors) and alternative research outputs (like datasets and software). But some material falls into...
View ArticleScience without borders: are technology and policy limiting...
Juan Pablo Alperin (@juancommander) is a PhD candidate in the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a researcher and systems developer with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). Juan leads several...
View ArticleGauging openness, measuring impact
Introduction This article examines the linked concepts of openness and usability as applied to scholarly works. Openness is used to mean many different things, from transparency about influence when...
View ArticleEvaluating the individual researcher – adding an altmetric perspective
Introduction ACUMEN was an EU funded research project aimed at “understanding the ways in which researchers are evaluated by their peers and by institutions, and at assessing how the science system can...
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