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Altmetric and bibliometric scores: does Open Access matter?

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Machala Poplašen, Lovela and Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. (2016). Altmetric and bibliometric scores: does Open Access matter?. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML ), 5. ISSN 2241-1925

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Abstract

Since new publishing models and new communication channels are being developed, traditional ways of measuring journal and article impact are not sufficient – besides bibliometrics, altmetrics arises as a new method based on quantitative analysis of mentions on blogs, in the news, shares on social networking sites etc. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the altmetric indicators for Altmetric top 100 articles in 2014, and to compare them with traditional bibliometric data for the same articles. Also, altmetric scores for Open Access (OA) articles are compared to the scores for non-OA articles. The research confirms low correlation between the number of citations (in the first year after publication) and the altmetric score. Nevertheless, the altmetric score has a potential role in promoting articles and getting post-publication evaluation and feedback.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: altmetrics, bibliometrics, citation advantage, Open Access, social networking sites
Subjects: Information sciences
Information sciences > Librarianship
Information sciences > Book and publishing
Departments: Department of Information Science > Chair of librarianship
Department of Information Science > Chair of book and publishing
Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2019 09:10
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2019 09:10
URI: http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/10889

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