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A Brief Introduction to Altmetrics: Compliment or Replacement?

A Brief Introduction to Altmetrics: Compliment or Replacement?. Zohreh Zahedi ARMOOK & Shahid Beheshti University Webinar. 12th March 2014. Outline. Introduction to altmetrics Tools and data sources for altmetrics Some possibilities & limitations Conclusion. Introduction to Altmetrics.

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A Brief Introduction to Altmetrics: Compliment or Replacement?

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  1. A Brief Introduction to Altmetrics: Compliment or Replacement? Zohreh Zahedi ARMOOK & Shahid Beheshti University Webinar 12th March 2014

  2. Outline • Introduction to altmetrics • Tools and data sources for altmetrics • Some possibilities & limitations • Conclusion

  3. Introduction to Altmetrics What is altmetrics? • No clear definition • The term altmetrics was proposed in 2010 as a generalization of article level metrics (ALM) • refers to the mentions of scientific outputs in ‘social media’ (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Wikipedia, Mendeley, etc.), news media and also may include usage data (article views, downloads) http://learnthat.com/

  4. Altmetrics tools and providers • Mendeley • Altmetric.com • PLOS • Plum Analytics • Impact Story

  5. How many papers have altmetrics? • Zahedi, Costas & Wouters (2013) • Random sample (20,000 pubs) from Web of Science • Period 2005-2011 • Metrics from ‘Impact Story’

  6. Pros & Cons • Fast: shows real time impact • Expand the concept of impact • Could Complement bibliometric indicators • No clear meaning • Manipulable • No normalization of indicators

  7. Conclusions • Conceptualization of the new altmetrics needed • Standardization of tools and data needed • Lots of research needed

  8. Thanks for your attentions!E-mail: zahedi@armook.ir

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