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 …

Characterizing the structure of knowledge, the evolution of research topics, and the
emergence of topics has always been an important part of information science (IS). Our …

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Today, it is not clear how the impact of research on other areas of society than science
should be measured. While peer review and bibliometrics have become standard methods …

Open Science is an umbrella term encompassing a multitude of assumptions about the
future of knowledge creation and dissemination. Based on a literature review, this chapter …

Altmetric measurements derived from the social web are increasingly advocated and used
as early indicators of article impact and usefulness. Nevertheless, there is a lack of …

Peer review of research articles is a core part of our scholarly communication system. In
spite of its importance, the status and purpose of peer review is often contested. What is its …

Background Citations in peer-reviewed articles and the impact factor are generally accepted
measures of scientific impact. Web 2.0 tools such as Twitter, blogs or social bookmarking …

A number of new metrics based on social media platforms—grouped under the term
“altmetrics”—have recently been introduced as potential indicators of research impact …

In this paper an analysis of the presence and possibilities of altmetrics for bibliometric and
performance analysis is carried out. Using the web based tool Impact Story, we collected …