« How does scientific research affect the world around us? Being able to answer this question is of great importance in order to appropriately channel efforts and resources in science. The impact by scientists in academia is currently measured by citation based metrics such as h-index, i-index and citation counts. These…
« The world of citation metrics can be a confusing one- what do all these metrics mean, and how are they used to benchmark the performance of articles and journals? We’ve put together this infographic based on our previously published post to give you…
« Loughborough University is proud of its achievements in research to date and has ambitious plans for the future in line with the ‘Building Excellence’ strategy. The quality of our research clearly affects the academic, social, economic and environmental impact it has. Maximising the visibility of our research is equally important…
« (…) Today Elsevier is launching CiteScore metrics: a new standard that gives a more comprehensive, transparent and current view of a journal’s impact that will help you guide your journal more effectively in the future. (…) »
« The use of web 2.0 is becoming the essential part of present day life. People are spending time for many purposes and academic activities among these uses of web 2.0 social media services by users are prominent for searching, sharing, discussing, and messaging of scholarly content. The wider…
« Un article complexe de 25 pages (sans compter tous les suppléments électroniques) a été publié en septembre 2016 dans PLOS Biology, bonne revue du groupe PLOS, avec pour titre « Relative citation ratio (RCR): a new metric that uses citation rates to measure influence at the article…
« (…) This report presents 100 ideas for metrics that can be used assess and communicate the value of biomedical research. The list is not comprehensive, and the metrics are not fully developed, but they should serve to stimulate and broaden thinking about how academic medical centers can communicate…
« The National Information Standards Organization has published NISO RP-25-2016, Outputs of the NISO Alternative Assessment Project.
This recommended practice on altmetrics, an expansion of the tools available for measuring the scholarly impact of research in the knowledge environment, was developed by working groups…
« (…) La fiche CoopIST « Se familiariser avec les altmetrics, mesures alternatives d’impact de la recherche » récapitule ce que mesurent les altmetrics, leurs sources internet, leurs différences avec les indicateurs traditionnels d’impact de publication, leurs limites et les outils qui les produisent. »
« Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Today, we are releasing the 2016 version of Scholar Metrics. This release covers articles published in 2011–2015 and includes citations from all articles that were…
