Scientific impact and altmetrics

Scientific competition, impact factor, and Altmetrics

Scholarly Tweets: Measuring Research Impact via Altmetrics

Last spring a faculty member asked me to find their h-index, collect the Impact Factor (IF) for all the journals in which they were published, and compile the number of citations each of their articles had received. When I presented the results, they insisted their work was more influential than what the metrics suggested. I explained why IFs for specialized journals were lower than more genera...

Altmetrics: Broadening Impact or Amplifying Voices?

A large portion of research investment across the globe is generated from public funds, and there is thus considerable effort aimed at demonstrating to the public the impact of their investment. Broader impacts, however, are not easily measured. Efforts have been made to use translation, application, and technology transfer as evidence of broader impact. Open access publishingsuch as practiced...

Classifying Altmetrics by Level of Impact

Introduction In the light of current knowledge we can conclude that altmetrics do not present an alternative for traditional citation-based analysis of research impact (e.g., Haustein et al., 2014). Altmetrics have instead the potential to show some other aspects of research activities and provide a more nuanced view of the impact research has made on various audiences (Liu & Adie, 2013; Piwowa...

Altmetrics: New Indicators for Scientific Communication in Web 2.0

This paper presents a review of altmetrics or alternative metrics. This concept is defined as the creation and study of new indicators for analysing scientific and academic research activity based on Web 2.0. The underlying premise is that variables such as mentions in blogs, number of tweets or saves of an article by researchers in reference management systems, may be a valid measure of the us...