Severe limitations of the FEve metric of functional evenness and some alternative metrics
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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Alternative metrics for assessing clinical benefit with immunotherapy in oncology
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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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.
Sukumar Kalvapudi +4 more
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Alternative metrics for characterizing longer-term clinical outcomes in difficult-to-treat depression: II. Sensitivity to treatment effects [PDF]
Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (Print), 2023 Objective: Characteristics of difficult-to-treat depression (DTD), including infrequent symptom remission and poor durability of benefit, compel reconsideration of the outcome metrics historically used to gauge the effectiveness of antidepressant ...
Scott T. Aaronson +10 more
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Psychological Medicine, 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 ...
H. Sackeim +10 more
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Ecological and economic implications of alternative metrics in biodiversity offset markets
Conservation Biology, 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.
Katherine Simpson +4 more
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Traditional and alternative metrics: The full story of impact
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2014 H. Donato
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Systematic Biology, 2021 The use of high-throughput sequencing technologies to produce genome-scale datasets was expected to settle some long-standing controversies across the Tree of Life, particularly in areas where short branches occur at deep timescales.
D. Arcila +11 more
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Beyond the Impact Factor – What do alternative metrics have to offer?
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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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.
Hannah Hughes +2 more
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