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1: From webometrics to altmetrics: one and a half decades of digital research at Wolverhampton

1: From webometrics to altmetrics: one and a half decades of digital research at Wolverhampton. Jonathan M Levitt Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group University of Wolverhampton . 2: What is Webometrics?.

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1: From webometrics to altmetrics: one and a half decades of digital research at Wolverhampton

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  1. 1: From webometrics to altmetrics: one and a half decades of digital research at Wolverhampton Jonathan M Levitt Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group University of Wolverhampton.

  2. 2: What is Webometrics? • The study of web-based content with primarily quantitative methods for social science research goals Mike Thelwall (2009). Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences. Morgan & Claypool.

  3. 3: What are Altmetrics? • Counts of social web mentions of articles

  4. 4: Categories of Altmetrics 1 • General sites: Twitter, Facebook, Blogs,…

  5. 5: Categories of Altmetrics 2 • Scientific sites: Science blogs, Mendeley, CiteULike, Connotea

  6. 6: Categories of Altmetrics 3 • News sites: Digg, Reddit,…

  7. 7: Validity of altmetrics 1 • Empirical evidence of various altmetrics shows that they sometimes correlate with citation counts Thelwall, M., Haustein, S., Larivière, V. & Sugimoto, C. (2013). Do altmetrics work? Twitter and ten other candidates. PLOS ONE, 8(5), e64841. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064841

  8. 8: Validity of altmetrics 2 • So altmetrics are probably useful as early citation indicators • But probably point to wider impact (educational, societal) Thelwall, M., Haustein, S., Larivière, V. & Sugimoto, C. (2013). Do altmetrics work? Twitter and ten other candidates. PLOS ONE, 8(5), e64841. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064841

  9. 9: How should we use altmetrics 1? • Early indications of which of our articles are/aren’t having an impact

  10. 10: How should we use altmetrics 2? • To identify others’ important articles through their high altmetric scores – if reported

  11. 11: How much authority do altmetrics have 1? • Low validity because of the potential for spam and self-publicity • Can’t compare altmetrics for articles in different fields or published in different years

  12. 12: How much authority do altmetrics have 2? • Unknown balance between scholarly, educational and societal impact (and entertainment value in some cases) • Useful indicators of impact, but not measures of impact

  13. 13: Example of altmetric study 1 • Ananlysis of twi eats on Nobel Prize winners (STI, 2014).

  14. 14: Example of altmetric study 1 • Ananlysis of increase in Mendeley references to articles by Nobel Prize winners (ongoin).

  15. 15: Conclusion 1 • Webometric and altmetric research has investigated the value of various web-based metrics

  16. 16: Conclusion 2 • If carefully collected and interpreted, they can often give useful evidence about many different aspects of research

  17. 17: Conclusion 3 • Also: Free Webometric Analyst software for webometrics, Twitter and Mendeley at http://lexiurl.wlv.ac.uk

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