Do all citations value the same? Valuing citations by the value of the citing items
Authors : Cristiano Giuffrida, Giovanni Abramo, Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo Bibliometricians have long recurred to citation counts to measure the impact of pu...
Étiquette : metrics
Mesurer la science
Auteurs/Authors : Vincent Larivière, Cassidy R. Sugimoto L’ensemble de la communauté scientifique réclame depuis plusieurs années des indicateurs fiables permet...
Systematic analysis of agreement between metrics and peer review in the UK REF
Authors : Vincent Traag, Ludo Waltman When performing a national research assessment, some countries rely on citation metrics whereas others, such as the UK, pr...
Universalizing science: alternative indices to direct research
Authors : Ari Melo Mariano, Maíra Rocha Santos Measurement is a complicated but very necessary task. Many indices have been created in an effort to define the q...
Collecting Inclusive Usage Metrics for Open Access Publications: the HIRMEOS Project
Author : Javier Arias Open Access has matured for journals, but its uptake in the book market is still delayed, despite the fact that books continue to be the l...
Metrics for openness
Authors : David M. Nichols, Michael B. Twidale The characterization of scholarly communication is dominated by citation-based measures. In this paper we propose...
A systematic identification and analysis of scientists on Twitter
Authors : Qing Ke, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Cassidy R. Sugimoto Metrics derived from Twitter and other social media—often referred to as altmetrics—are increasingly used ...