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Garrett Eastman

Altmetrics: New Indicators for Scientific Communication in Web 2.0 - 0 views

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    "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"
Garrett Eastman

Altmetrics 101: A Primer - 0 views

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    "The term "altmetrics" is short for "alternative metrics." These are a range of nontraditional metrics that can be used to assess the impact that scholars have on research in their areas of study. They can include the number of article downloads, citation of research in online news/social media sources, Mendeley bookmarks (a web-based system for sharing and extracting information from PDFs and other electronic documents), and nontraditional forms of scholarship. "
Garrett Eastman

Information Standards Quarterly, special topic issue on altmetrics - 0 views

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    A themed ISQ issue investigates what altmetrics means and goes on to highlight best practices.
Garrett Eastman

Almetrics Bibliography - 0 views

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    Charles W. Bailey compiled this selective bibliography of research papers covering alternative impact measures, or "altmetrics," of scholarly work.
Garrett Eastman

Altmetrics: A 21st-Century Solution to Determining Research Quality - 0 views

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    A review of new scholarly publishing metrics and how they compare to traditional impact measures.
Gosia Stergios

Alt-metrics: a manifesto - altmetrics.org (Oct. 26, 2010) - 1 views

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    This is the first public version of the collective proposal led by C. Neylon to develop alternative metrics of scholarly output that wil combine measures of usage and re-use and social metrics (commenting, discussions, etc.) with citation and peer review metrics.
Garrett Eastman

From bibliometrics to altmetrics: A changing scholarly landscape - 1 views

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    Review of citation data tools
Garrett Eastman

DORA: San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (May 2013) - 0 views

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    A review of a declaration signed by ACSB and other participants which urges consideration of research metrics beyond the journal impact factor.
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