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Altmetrics - what are they good for? - YouTube

Talk by Andy Tattersall from the University of Sheffield delivered at the British psychological Society Research Conference, 18 April 2018

Rise of 'Altmetrics' Revives Questions About How to Measure Impact of Research This link opens in a new window
Adding altmetrics to CVs and dossiers may not be common yet. But interest in altmetrics is growing fast, as scholars begin to realize that it's possible to track and share evidence of online impact, and publishers and new start-up companies rush to develop altmetric services to help them document that impact.
Altmetrics — Replacing the Impact Factor Is Not the Only Point This link opens in a new window
Is the Relationship Between Journal Impact Factors and Article Citations Growing Weaker? This link opens in a new window

From Bibliometrics to Altmetrics A changing scholarly landscape
Excellent summary of techniques for measuring scholarly impact!
Beat it, impact factor! Publishing elite turns against controversial metric
Senior staff at leading journals want to end inappropriate use of the measure.
Restoring trust in research metrics to repair student and public confidence
Universities are moving to a more holistic assessment of their research culture after an over-reliance on quantitative data led to narrow thinking and misrepresentation

Scholarly Impact & Research Performance Measurement

Bibliometrics, and more recently Altmetrics, are becoming increasingly important in assessing scholarly impact and the performance of researchers.

Citation analysis is a method of evaluating the impact of published research output based on citation counts.

Return to responsibility with metrics

From the Journal Impact Factor to the latest altmetrics, scholarly players are crying out for metrics to be used responsibly, reports Rebecca Pool

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Citations Searches

Citation searches may be conducted using the following databases:


Date coverage	1900 to the present	1960 to the present
Content coverage	Arts & Humanities Citation Index Science Citation Index Expanded Social Sciences Citation Index	What does Scopus cover?
h-index*	This facility is incorporated	This facility is incorporated

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* This index for measuring a researcher’s impact was developed in 2005 by Jorge Hirsch, a physicist at the University of California in San Diego. The h-Graph displays the h-index for a single author, multiple authors, or a group of selected documents. The h-index is based on the highest number of papers included that have had at least the same number of citations. View Hirsch’s original paper.