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Altmetrics: diversifying the understanding of influential scholarship

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  • Stacy Konkiel

    (Altmetric LLP, London, UK)

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The increase in the availability of data about how research is discussed, used, rated, recommend, saved and read online has allowed researchers to reconsider the mechanisms by which scholarship is evaluated. It is now possible to better track the influence of research beyond academia, though the measures by which we can do so are not yet mature enough to stand on their own. In this article, we examine a new class of data (commonly called “altmetrics”) and describe its benefits, limitations and recommendations for its use and interpretation in the context of research assessment. This article is published as part of a collection on the future of research assessment.

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  • Stacy Konkiel, 2016. "Altmetrics: diversifying the understanding of influential scholarship," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 2(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:2:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1057_palcomms.2016.57
    DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.57
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    Cited by:

    1. Carlos Miguel Ferreira & Sandro Serpa, 2018. "Online Visibility, Social Networks and Glamorous Scientific Publications," International Journal of Social Science Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 6(10), pages 58-66, October.
    2. Saeed-Ul Hassan & Sehrish Iqbal & Naif R. Aljohani & Salem Alelyani & Alesia Zuccala, 2020. "Introducing the ‘alt-index’ for measuring the social visibility of scientific research," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 123(3), pages 1407-1419, June.
    3. Rachel Heyard & Hanna Hottenrott, 2021. "The value of research funding for knowledge creation and dissemination: A study of SNSF Research Grants," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-16, December.

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