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Treffer: How well developed are altmetrics? A cross-disciplinary analysis of the presence of 'alternative metrics' in scientific publications

Title:
How well developed are altmetrics? A cross-disciplinary analysis of the presence of 'alternative metrics' in scientific publications
Authors:
ZAHEDI, Zohreh, COSTAS, Rodrigo, WOUTERS, Paul
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):1491-1513
Publisher Information:
Dordrecht: Springer, 2014.
Publication Year:
2014
Physical Description:
print, 2 p.1/4
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, Citation, Citación, Domaine recherche, Research field, Campo investigación, Indicateur, Indicator, Indicador, Métrique, Metric, Métrico, Recherche scientifique, Scientific research, Investigación científica, Altmetrics, Citation indicators, Impact Story, Research evaluation
Document Type:
Konferenz Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Centre For Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, PO Box 905, 2300 AX Leiden, Netherlands
ISSN:
0138-9130
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=28892118
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sciences of information and communication. Documentation

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Accession Number:
edscal.28892118
Database:
PASCAL Archive

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In this paper an analysis of the presence and possibilities of altmetrics for bibliometric and performance analysis is carried out. Using the web based tool Impact Story, we collected metrics for 20,000 random publications from the Web of Science. We studied both the presence and distribution of altmetrics in the set of publications, across fields, document types and over publication years, as well as the extent to which altmetrics correlate with citation indicators. The main result of the study is that the altmetrics source that provides the most metrics is Mendeley, with metrics on readerships for 62.6 % of all the publications studied, other sources only provide marginal information. In terms of relation with citations, a moderate spearman correlation (r = 0.49) has been found between Mendeley readership counts and citation indicators. Other possibilities and limitations of these indicators are discussed and future research lines are outlined.