Measure of Scientific Impact: How Altmetrics Can Innovate the Approach in a Multidimensional Model

With the development of the web 2.0 social media era and the rapid increase of open access journals, novel alternative analytic metrics, known as altmetrics, have emerged. Altmetrics are not substitutes for traditional bibliometrics; however, they function as complementary additions to assess both i...

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Main Authors: Valeria Scotti, Annalisa De Silvestri, Luigia Scudeller, Chiara Rebuffi, Funda Topuz, Moreno Curti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Levy Library Press 2020-03-01
Series:The Journal of Altmetrics
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Online Access:https://www.journalofaltmetrics.org/articles/23