Altmetrics

Five Ways Altmetrics Are Useful For Academics
Impact
June 12, 2023

Five Ways Altmetrics Are Useful For Academics

Read Now
The $20 Blender Dilemma: How Different Data Can Create the Perfect Mix  
Impact
June 23, 2022

The $20 Blender Dilemma: How Different Data Can Create the Perfect Mix  

Read Now
Wikipedia as Science Communication: A Step-by-Step Guide
Communication
November 9, 2021

Wikipedia as Science Communication: A Step-by-Step Guide

Read Now
Social Science Ahead of the (Shallow) Curve on Altmetrics Acceptance
Career
May 3, 2019

Social Science Ahead of the (Shallow) Curve on Altmetrics Acceptance

Read Now
Book Review: Scholarly Communication and Measuring Research – What Does Everyone Need to Know?

Book Review: Scholarly Communication and Measuring Research – What Does Everyone Need to Know?

Academics are required to not only find effective ways to communicate their research, but also to increasingly measure and quantify its quality, impact and reach. In Scholarly Communication: What Everyone Needs to Know, Rick Anderson puts us in the picture. And in Measuring Research: What Everyone Needs to Know, Cassidy Sugimoto and Vincent Lariviere critically assess over 20 tools currently available for evaluating the quality of research.

Read Now
Can We Use Altmetrics to Measure Societal Impact?

Can We Use Altmetrics to Measure Societal Impact?

In this post, Lutz Bornmann and Robin Haunschild present evidence from their recent study examining the relationship of peer review, altmetrics, and bibliometric analyses with societal and academic impact. Drawing on evidence from REF2014 submissions, they argue altmetrics may provide evidence for wider non-academic debates, but correlate poorly with peer review assessments of societal impact.

Read Now
The Promises and Limitations of Measuring Research Impact

The Promises and Limitations of Measuring Research Impact

How can the impact of an academic article be measured? It seems that everyone wants to find an answer to this question – from the researcher and author teams that create research articles, to the editors and peer reviewers who curate them, to the societies and publishers who ensure that the articles are released to the world.

Read Now
Is Academe Now Privileging Click-bait Over Rigor?

Is Academe Now Privileging Click-bait Over Rigor?

Portia Roelofs and Max Gallien cite Bruce Gilley’s defense of colonialism paper published earlier this month to illustrate how deliberately provocative articles have the capacity to hack academia, to privilege clicks and attention over rigor in research.

Read Now
Book Review: Altmetrics – A Practical Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Academics

Book Review: Altmetrics – A Practical Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Academics

Altmetrics: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Academics, edited by Andy Tattersall, provides an overview of altmetrics and new methods of scholarly communication and how they can be applied successfully to provide evidence of scholarly contribution and improve how research is disseminated. The book, which draws on the expertise of leading figures in the field, strongly encourages library and information science (LIS) professionals to get involved with altmetrics to meet the evolving needs of the research community, finds Nathalie Cornée.

Read Now
REF 2014: Discipline Mattered in How Impact Calculated

REF 2014: Discipline Mattered in How Impact Calculated

A new report produced by the Digital Science team explores the types of evidence used to demonstrate impact in REF2014 and pulls together guidance from leading professionals on good practice.

Read Now
The North-South Divide Appears in Metrics, Too

The North-South Divide Appears in Metrics, Too

Science and technology systems are routinely monitored and assessed with indicators created to measure the natural sciences in developed countries. Ismael Ràfols and Jordi Molas-Gallart urge the creation of indicators that better reflect research activities and contributions in ‘peripheral’ spaces.

Read Now
ResearchGate Score: Good Example of a Bad Metric

ResearchGate Score: Good Example of a Bad Metric

Remember that call for a ‘Bad Metric’ prize in the recent ‘The Metric Tide’ report? Peter Kraker, Katy Jordan and Elisabeth Lex take a closer look at one particularly opaque metric, the ResearchGate Score, and suggest they’ve found a real contender.

Read Now

Subscribe to our mailing list

Get the latest news from the social and behavioral science community delivered straight to your inbox.