Measuring research impact: bibliometrics, social media, altmetrics, and the BJGP.
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and article reference managers such as Mendeley are now being used to communicate and discuss research. Alternative metrics ('altmetrics'), first described by Priem and colleagues,
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
دوره 66 642 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016