"a
study
is undertaken
of a selection of papers from the fie
ld of
c
ommunication, comparing
the number of cit
ations received with
their 2.0 i
ndicators.
The results s
how that
the most
cited articles
within
recent years also have significantly hi
gher altmetric indicators. Next
follows a
review of the principal empirical studies undertaken,
centering on the correlations between bibliometric and
al
ternative indicators.
To conclude, the main limitations
of altmetrics
are highlighted
,
alongside a reflective
consideration of the role altmetrics may play in
capturing the impact
of research
in Web
2.0 platforms"
Incorporating web 2.0 behaviors (e.g. recommending, commenting, social bookmarking) into the array of valid reserch metrics is a long work in progress...