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Can we use altmetrics at the institutional level? A case study analysing the coverage by research areas of four Spanish universities [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
Social media based indicators or altmetrics have been under scrutiny for the last seven years. Their promise as alternative metrics for measuring scholarly impact is still far from becoming a reality. Up to now, most studies have focused on the understanding of the nature and relation of altmetric indicators with citation data. Few papers have analysed
arxiv  

How well developed are altmetrics? A cross-disciplinary analysis of the presence of 'alternative metrics' in scientific publications [PDF]

, 2014
In this paper an analysis of the presence and possibilities of altmetrics for bibliometric and performance analysis is carried out. Using the web based tool Impact Story, we collected metrics for 20,000 random publications from the Web of Science. We studied both the presence and distribution of altmetrics in the set of publications, across fields ...
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Special issues: The roles of special issues in scholarly communication in a changing publishing landscape

Learned Publishing, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2025.
Abstract This paper aims to enhance the understanding of the role of special issues in the evolving landscape of academic publishing, offering insights for publishers, editors, guest editors, and researchers, including how new technologies influence transparency in publishing processes, open access models, and metrics for success.
Robyn M. Gleasner, Akshay Sood
wiley   +1 more source

Bibliometrie 2.0 – Altmetrics in der Medizin

GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information, 2014
[english] The general digital change leads to profound transformation in research and publication processes. New ways of communication are being increasingly used for scientific exchange.
Adam, Michaele
doaj   +1 more source

Do altmetrics point to the broader impact of research? An overview of benefits and disadvantages of altmetrics [PDF]

arXiv, 2014
Today, it is not clear how the impact of research on other areas of society than science should be measured. While peer review and bibliometrics have become standard methods for measuring the impact of research in science, there is not yet an accepted framework within which to measure societal impact.
arxiv  

Higher fiber higher carbohydrate diets better than lower carbohydrate lower fiber diets for diabetes management: Rapid review with meta‐analyses

Obesity Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2025.
Summary Background Some dietary recommendations continue to recommend carbohydrate restriction as a cornerstone of dietary advice for people with diabetes. Purpose We compared the cardiometabolic effects of diets higher in both fiber and carbohydrate with lower carbohydrate lower fiber diets in type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
Andrew N. Reynolds, Jessica Lang, Amanda Brand, Jim Mann   +3 more
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Altmetrics: A new paradigm for scholarly communication

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2019
Counting citations have been the usual norm to determine the impact of any research and/or scholar. However, with majority of the scholarly activities happening on the World Wide Web, traditional counting of citations is now being termed “slower.” The ...
Kuldeep Singh Shekhawat, Arunima Chauhan
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How fast do scholarly papers get read by various user groups? A longitudinal and cross‐disciplinary analysis of the evolution of Mendeley readership

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 75, Issue 13, Page 1433-1450, 15 December 2024.
Abstract To provide a dynamic perspective on the evolution of Mendeley readership, this study conducts an 8‐year longitudinal analysis of approximately 3.4 million scholarly papers published in 2015. Mendeley readership data were collected annually from 2016 to 2023 for the sampled papers to analyze the temporal accumulation patterns of readership ...
Zhichao Fang, Chonkit Ho, Zekun Han, Puqing Wu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Altmetrics (Chapter from Beyond Bibliometrics: Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact) [PDF]

arXiv, 2015
This chapter discusses altmetrics (short for "alternative metrics"), an approach to uncovering previously-invisible traces of scholarly impact by observing activity in online tools and systems. I argue that citations, while useful, miss many important kinds of impacts, and that the increasing scholarly use of online tools like Mendeley, Twitter, and ...
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The 100 most prominent scientific studies on social media platforms for the year 2015: “Altmetrics or alternative measurements website”

Cybrarians Journal, 2015
In our contemporary world, researchers communicate and exchange information sources through various Internet media, such as blogs, social networks, and digital repositories.
Abdelrahman Farrag
doaj   +1 more source