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2. "Altmetrics
2.1 Definition
According to altmetrics.org, "altmetrics" refers to the creation and study of new metrics based on the social web to analyze and document science [see box Altmetrics: a manifesto]. According to a NISO white paper , this is the term most commonly used to describe alternative evaluation metrics linked to the rise of social networks. The field is very recent and highly evolving: in 2015, over 200 journal articles, symposia and book chapters were published on the subject. The term was proposed in 2010 as a generalization of metrics developed at the article level (as opposed to traditional...
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"Altmetrics
Bibliography
Websites
ORCID http://orcid.org/
Platforms
PLoS
Plos Article-level metrics http://article-level-metrics.plos.org/
...Software tools
Lagotto software http://lagotto.io/
Events
Altmetrics workshop, ACM Web Science Conference http://altmetrics.org/altmetrics15/
Altmetrics Conference http://www.altmetricsconference.com/
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