Social media has become integrated into the fabric of the scholarly communication system in
fundamental ways, principally through scholarly use of social media platforms and the …

Altmetrics is an emergent research area whereby social media is applied as a source of
metrics to assess scholarly impact. In the last few years, the interest in altmetrics has grown …

We begin with a short history of measuring science and discuss how the Science Citation
Index has revolutionized the quantitative study of science and created a strong application …

In this study, we explore the citedness of research data, its distribution over time and its
relation to the availability of a digital object identifier (DOI) in the Thomson Reuters database …

This paper investigates the data accumulation velocity of 12 Altmetric. com data sources.
DOI created date recorded by Crossref and altmetric event posted date tracked by Altmetric …

Usage data of scholarly articles provide a direct way to explore the usage preferences of
users. Using the “Usage Count” provided by the Web of Science platform, we collect and …

The goal of any research assessment is to evaluate the value or quality of the research in
comparison to other research. As quality is highly subjective and difficult to measure …

Within science, citation counts are widely used to estimate research impact but publication
delays mean that they are not useful for recent research. This gap can be filled by Mendeley …

Research on the impact of and attention given to journal covers is a crucial research topic in
academia. This study investigated whether a paper featured on the cover of a journal …

The use of academic profiling sites is becoming more common, and emerging technologies
boost researchers' visibility and exchange of ideas. In our study we compared profiles at five …