ASIS&T: Altmetrics: What, Why and Where?

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-10-13

Summary:

"Altmetrics is a hot buzzword. What does it mean? What's behind the buzz? What are the risks and benefits of using alternative metrics of research impact – altmetrics – in our discovery and evaluation systems? How are altmetrics being used now, and where is the field going? This special section of the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology focuses on these questions. Essays from seven perspectives highlight the role of altmetrics in a wide variety of settings."

Link:

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Apr-13/AprMay13_Piwowar.html

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.green oa.south oa.plos oa.ir oa.okfn oa.altmetric.com oa.altmetrics oa.asis&t oa.pkp oa.plum_analytics oa.impactstory oa.metrics oa.repositories

Date tagged:

10/13/2013, 08:33

Date published:

10/13/2013, 04:32