Science and Facebook: the same popularity law!
Authors : Zoltán Néda, Levente Varga, Tamás S. Biró The distribution of scientific citations for publications selected with different rules (author, topic, inst...
Étiquette : research impact
Does Online Access Promote Research in Developing Countries? Empirical Evidence from Article-Level Data
Authors : Frank Mueller-Langer, Marc Scheufen, Patrick Waelbroeck Universities in developing countries have rarely been able to subscribe to academic journals i...
Research impact: a narrative review
Authors : Trisha Greenhalgh, James Raftery, Steve Hanney, Matthew Glover Impact occurs when research generates benefits (health, economic, cultural) in addition...
Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) of “Nature” Journal
Author : Chintha Nagabhushanam The main aim of scientific research is to systematically generate valid data which is measurable, reproducible, and testable, con...
Revisiting an open access monograph experiment: measuring citations and tweets 5 years later
Author : Ronald Snijder An experiment run in 2009 could not assess whether making monographs available in open access enhanced scholarly impact. This paper revi...
Impact de l’Open Access sur les citations : une étude de cas
Auteurs/Authors : Frédérique Bordignon, Mathieu Andro De multiples études, dans la littérature internationale, ont cherché à évaluer l’impact de l’Open Access s...
Measuring Scientific Impact Beyond Citation Counts
Authors : Robert M. Patton, Christopher G. Stahl, Jack C. Wells The measurement of scientific progress remains a significant challenge exasperated by the use of...