Scholar Metrics Scraper (SMS): automated retrieval of citation and author data
Authors : Yutong Cao, Nicole A. Cheung, Dean Giustini, Jeffrey LeDue, Timothy H. Murphy Academic departments, research clusters and evaluators analyze author an...
Étiquette : research impact
Does the Use of Unusual Combinations of Datasets Contribute to Greater Scientific Impact?
Authors : Yulin Yu, Daniel M. Romero Scientific datasets play a crucial role in contemporary data-driven research, as they allow for the progress of science by ...
Clickbait or conspiracy? How Twitter users address the epistemic uncertainty of a controversial preprint
Authors : Mareike Bauer, Maximilian Heimstädt, Carlos Franzreb, Sonja Schimmler Many scientists share preprints on social media platforms to gain attention from...
How unpredictable is research impact? Evidence from the UK’s Research Excellence Framework
Authors : Ohid Yaqub, Dmitry Malkov, Josh Siepel Although ex post evaluation of impact is increasingly common, the extent to which research impacts emerge large...
Judging Journals: How Impact Factor and Other Metrics Differ across Disciplines
Authors : Quinn Galbraith, Alexandra Carlile Butterfield, Chase Cardon Given academia’s frequent use of publication metrics and the inconsistencies in metrics a...
Measured in a context: making sense of open access book data
Author : Ronald Snijder Open access (OA) book platforms, such as JSTOR, OAPEN Library or Google Books, have been available for over a decade. Each platform show...
Beyond views, productivity, and citations: measuring geopolitical differences of scientific impact in communication research
Authors : János József Tóth, Gergő Háló, Manuel Goyanes Scientometric analyses applying critical sociological frameworks have previously shown that high-prestig...