What are altmetrics? – Altmetric

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Summary:

"Altmetrics are metrics and qualitative data that are complementary to traditional, citation-based metrics. They can include (but are not limited to) peer reviews on Faculty of 1000, citations on Wikipedia and in public policy documents, discussions on research blogs, mainstream media coverage, bookmarks on reference managers like Mendeley, and mentions on social networks such as Twitter. Sourced from the Web, altmetrics can tell you a lot about how often journal articles and other scholarly outputs like datasets are discussed and used around the world. For that reason, altmetrics have been incorporated into researchers’ websites, institutional repositories, journal websites, and more. Here, we’ve compiled a primer on altmetrics to help you understand what they are, why they are useful, and how they should be used...."

Link:

https://www.altmetric.com/about-altmetrics/what-are-altmetrics/

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oa.altmetrics oa.terminology oa.metrics

Date tagged:

05/12/2018, 09:10

Date published:

05/12/2018, 05:10