Authors : Xianwen Wang, Yunxue Cui, Qingchun Li, Xinhui Guo In order to better understand the effect of social media in the dissemination of scholarly articles,...
Authors : Jennifer L. Bonnet, Marisa Méndez-Brady Purpose Whereas traditional book and journal publishing remain the gold standard for many post-secondary insti...
Author : Elizabeth Joan Kelly Altmetrics are an alternative to traditional measurement of the impact of published resources. While altmetrics are primarily used...
Author : Stefanie Haustein As uptake among researchers is constantly increasing, social media are finding their way into scholarly communication and, under the ...
Authors : Joachim Schöpfel, Hélène Prost Traditional metrics largely overlook grey literature. The new altmetrics introduced in 2010 as » new, online scholarly...
Authors : Ashok Kumar, J Shivarama, Mallikarjun Angadi, Puttaraj A Choukimath The use of web 2.0 is becoming the essential part of present day life. People are ...
Author : Chintha Nagabhushanam The main aim of scientific research is to systematically generate valid data which is measurable, reproducible, and testable, con...