Recent trends in the use of social media in parasitology and the application of alternative metrics [PDF]
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2021 In recent times, the use of social media for the dissemination of “news and views” in parasitology has increased in popularity. News, Twitter and Blogs have emerged as commonplace vehicles in the knowledge dissemination and transfer process.
John Ellis +3 more
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Alternative metrics for assessing clinical benefit with immunotherapy in oncology [PDF]
OncoImmunology, 2019 Therapies for cancer have traditionally been assessed with metrics such as the response rate, hazard ratio, or median survival. Such metrics have value in measuring the outcomes of conventional therapies, but may not be the most appropriate for new ...
E. Chan +6 more
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Severe limitations of the FEve metric of functional evenness and some alternative metrics [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The metric of functional evenness FEve is an example of how approaches to conceptualizing and measuring functional variability may go astray. This index has several critical conceptual and practical drawbacks: Different values of the FEve index for the ...
Evsey Kosman +2 more
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Beyond the Impact Factor – What do alternative metrics have to offer? [PDF]
GMS Journal for Medical Education, 2017 Some of our readers might have already noticed that lately some of the articles in the JME are marked with a “donut,” a ring composed of colored, intertwined rings around a number at its center. It is the emblem of Altmetric.com [http://www.altmetric.com]
Fabry, Götz, Fischer, Martin R.
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Ecological and economic implications of alternative metrics in biodiversity offset markets. [PDF]
Conserv Biol, 2022 Policy tools are needed that allow reconciliation of human development pressures with conservation priorities. Biodiversity offsetting can be used to compensate for ecological losses caused by development activities.
Simpson KH +4 more
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Alternative metrics for characterizing longer-term clinical outcomes in difficult-to-treat depression: I. Association with change in quality of life. [PDF]
Psychol Med, 2023 Background In difficult-to-treat depression (DTD) the outcome metrics historically used to evaluate treatment effectiveness may be suboptimal. Metrics based on remission status and on single end-point (SEP) assessment may be problematic given infrequent ...
Sackeim HA +12 more
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The Author-Level Metrics Study: An Analysis of the Traditional and Alternative Metrics of Scholarly Impact for Neurosurgical Authors. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Background and objective There is a paucity of information regarding the concordance of traditional metrics across publicly searchable databases and about the correlation between alternative and traditional metrics for neurosurgical authors.
Kalvapudi S +4 more
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A Bibliometric Analysis Using Alternative Metrics for Articles in the [PDF]
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020 Objective To investigate the articles in the Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine (ARM) using a bibliometric analysis to verify whether there is a correlation between the topics of interest for expert groups and the public media.
Seok Cheol Han +4 more
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Complementary and alternative metrics for tracking population-level trends in child linear growth. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 Stunting prevalence is commonly used to track population-level child nutritional status. However, other metrics derived from anthropometric datasets may be used as alternatives to stunting or provide complementary perspectives on the status of linear ...
Ashley M Aimone +7 more
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The Use of Twitter by the Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Journals: Twitter Activity, Impact Factor, and Alternative Metrics. [PDF]
Cureus, 2017 Aim Social media (SoMe) platforms have become leading methods of communication and dissemination of scientific information in the medical community. They allow for immediate discussion and widespread engagement around important topics.
Hughes H, Hughes A, Murphy C.
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