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Title:
Using altmetrics for assessing research impact in the humanities
Authors:
HAMMARFELT, Björn
Source:
Selected Papers of the 14th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), July 15-19, 2013, Vienna, AustriaScientometrics (Print). 101(2):1419-1430
Publisher Information:
Dordrecht: Springer, 2014.
Publication Year:
2014
Physical Description:
print, 1 p
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Information and communication sciences, Sciences de l'information communication, Documentation, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences et techniques communes, Sciences and techniques of general use, Sciences de l'information. Documentation, Information science. Documentation, Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques. Etude d'ensemble, Library and information science. General aspects, Bibliométrie. Scientométrie. Evaluation, Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation, Sciences de l'information et de la communication, Information and communication sciences, Bibliométrie. Scientométrie, Bibliometrics. Scientometrics, Analyse bibliométrique, Bibliometric analysis, Análisis bibliométrico, Bibliométrie, Bibliometrics, Bibliometría, Domaine recherche, Research field, Campo investigación, Etude longitudinale, Follow up study, Estudio longitudinal, Périodique, Periodical, Periódico, Recherche scientifique, Scientific research, Investigación científica, Altmetrics, Humanities, Library Thing, Mendeley, Twitter
Document Type:
Konferenz Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS), University of Borås, Borås, Sweden
ISSN:
0138-9130
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=28892113
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sciences of information and communication. Documentation

FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.28892113
Database:
PASCAL Archive

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The prospects of altmetrics are especially encouraging for research fields in the humanities that currently are difficult to study using established bibliometric methods. Yet, little is known about the altmetric impact of research fields in the humanities. Consequently, this paper analyses the altmetric coverage and impact of humanities-oriented articles and books published by Swedish universities during 2012. Some of the most common altmetric sources are examined using a sample of 310 journal articles and 54 books. Mendeley has the highest coverage of journal articles (61 %) followed by Twitter (21 %) while very few of the publications are mentioned in blogs or on Facebook. Books, on the other hand, are quite often tweeted while both Mendeley's and the novel data source Library Thing's coverage is low. Many of the problems of applying bibliometrics to the humanities are also relevant for altmetric approaches; the importance of non-journal publications, the reliance on print as well the limited coverage of non-English language publications. However, the continuing development and diversification of methods suggests that altmetrics could evolve into a valuable tool for assessing research in the humanities.