[Irtalk] Altmetrics and Other Novel Measures for Scientific Impact

[Hilton Gibson]

Impact assessment is one of the major drivers in scholarly communication,
in particular since the number of available faculty positions and grants
has far exceeded the number of applications. *Peer review still plays a
critical role in evaluating science, but citation-based bibliometric
indicators are becoming increasingly important*. This chapter looks at a
novel set of indicators that can complement both citation analysis and peer
review. Altmetrics use indicators gathered in the real-time Social Web to
provide immediate feedback about scholarly works. We describe the most
important altmetrics and provide a critical assessment of their value and
limitations.

http://book.openingscience.org/vision/altmetrics.html
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