As research performance becomes increasingly important for academic institutions in
competition for rankings, student recruitment, and funding, many performance indicators …

The article-level metrics (ALMs) or altmetrics becomes a new trendsetter in recent times for
measuring the impact of scientific publications and their social outreach to intended …

In this paper, we present an assessment of the Research-Gate score as a measure of a
researcher's scientific reputation. This assessment is based on well-established bibliometric …

This chapter describes the current state of the art in altmetrics research and practice.
Altmetrics—evaluation methods of scholarly activities that serve as alternatives to citation …

Abstract Editor's Summary The ASIS&T Bulletin special section on altmetrics presents
alternative metrics as a new and critically needed approach to measuring the impact of …

This paper examines whether three bibliometric indicators—the journal impact factor,
citations per paper and the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's list of …

This article introduces the Multidimensional Research Assessment Matrix of scientific output.
Its base notion holds that the choice of metrics to be applied in a research assessment …

Altmetrics have been proposed as a way to assess the societal impact of research. Although
altmetrics are already in use as impact or attention metrics in different contexts, it is still not …

The academic social network site ResearchGate (RG) has its own indicator, RG Score, for its
members. The high profile nature of the site means that the RG Score may be used for …

A rich and diverse set of potential bibliometric and scientometric predictors of research
performance quality and importance are emerging today—from the classic metrics …