Altmetrics for information professionals : past, present and future / Kim Holmberg.
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TextSeries: Chandos information professional seriesPublisher: Waltham, MA : Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780081002773; 0081002777Subject(s): Bibliometrics | Bibliographical citations -- Evaluation | Research -- Evaluation -- Statistical methodsAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Altmetrics for information professionals : past, present and future.DDC classification: 010.72/7 LOC classification: Z669.8Online resources: ScienceDirect | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 11, 2015).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Annotation The goal of any research assessment is to evaluate the value or quality of the research in comparison to other research. As quality is highly subjective and difficult to measure, citations are used as a proxy. Citations are an important part of scholarly communication and a significant component of research evaluation, with the assumption being that highly cited work has influenced the work of many other researchers and hence it is more valuable. Recently we have seen new online data sources being researched for this purpose and disruptive ideas with the power to change research assessment, and perhaps even science as a whole, have been born. Altmetrics is a research area that investigates the potential of these new data source as indicators of the impact that research has made on the scientific community and beyond, and thus possibly also as indicators of the societal impact of research.
1. The past -- 2. The present -- 3. The future.
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