Altmetrics: A Measure of Social Attention Toward Scientific Research

Publication date: Available online 24 July 2017
Source:Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Author(s): Akshay D. Baheti, Puneet Bhargava
The quality and effect of scientific research is traditionally measured by citation-based metrics. However, the internet and social media revolution has led to radical changes in the way scientific information is shared and how it affects the world. Alternative metrics (altmetrics) is a rapidly evolving measure to quantify social media attention received by a scientific work. It is a complement to the conventional metrics and has tremendous potential in enabling faster alternative ways of evaluating research impact. We discuss the Altmetric Score and the growing role of altmetrics for measuring research impact.



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