Social media has become integrated into the fabric of the scholarly communication system in
fundamental ways, principally through scholarly use of social media platforms and the …

Assessment of researchers is necessary for decisions of hiring, promotion, and tenure. A
burgeoning number of scientific leaders believe the current system of faculty incentives and …

Aim The present review aims to analyse the correlation of altmetrics with the traditional
citations in medical research. Materials and Methods The search strategy used a …

The seventh edition of this frequently adopted textbook features new or expanded sections
on social justice research, data analysis software, scholarly identity research, social …

This article provides an introduction to the use of altmetrics as a tool to assess research
impact. In particular, it looks at the evidence behind claims that altmetrics allow the impact of …

The goal of any research assessment is to evaluate the value or quality of the research in
comparison to other research. As quality is highly subjective and difficult to measure …

Altmetrics, or alternative metrics, are forging a new way to capture the impact of not only
articles, but also scholarly or research “products” by tracking them when they are mentioned …

This chapter describes the current state of the art in altmetrics research and practice.
Altmetrics—evaluation methods of scholarly activities that serve as alternatives to citation …

Purpose Alternative metrics (altmetrics) are non-traditional metrics to measure the social
impact of research results, which were unable to be assessed by the previous methods, by …

Objective–To measure the knowledge and opinions that academic librarians have of
established and emerging research metrics. Methods–An online survey was distributed to all …