What Can Altmetric.com Tell Us About Policy Citations of Research? An Analysis of Altmetric.com Data for Research Articles from the University of Sheffield

BackgroundThere is a growing interest in using and analyzing altmetric data for quantifying the impact of research, especially societal impact (Bornmann, 2014, Thelwall et al., 2016, Haunschild and Bornmann, 2017). This study therefore aimed to explore the usefulness of Altmetric.com data as a means...

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Main Authors: Andy Tattersall, Christopher Carroll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frma.2017.00009/full