Metric Mania: The Case Against Academia.edu - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Summary:

"The emails appear with spammish regularity: "128 people recently read a paper you are mentioned in," reads the subject line, followed by more clickbait: "A total of 63 papers on Academia mention your name." The emails are from Academia.edu,..."

Link:

https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Case-Against-Academiaedu/242141/

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oa.new oa.paywalled oa.academia.edu oa.altmetrics oa.usage oa.metrics

Date tagged:

01/09/2018, 17:39

Date published:

01/09/2018, 17:02