Coverage and adoption of altmetrics sources in the bibliometric community
Abstract
Altmetrics, indices based on social media platforms and tools, have recently emerged as alternative means of measuring scholarly impact. Such indices assume that scholars in fact populate online social environments, and interact with scholarly products in the social web. We tested this assumption by examining the use and coverage of social media environments amongst a sample of bibliometricians examining both their own use of online platforms...
Paper Details
Title
Coverage and adoption of altmetrics sources in the bibliometric community
Published Date
Jan 4, 2014
Journal
Volume
101
Issue
2
Pages
1145 - 1163
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