Evaluative altmetrics: is there evidence for its application to research evaluation?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Altmetrics have been demonstrated as a promising tool for analyzing scientific communication on social media. Nevertheless, its application for research evaluation remains underdeveloped, despite the advancement of research in the study of diverse scientific interactions.

Methods

This paper develops a method for applying altmetrics in the evaluation of researchers, focusing on a case study of the Environment/Ecology ESI field publications by researchers at the University of Granada. We considered Twitter as a mirror of social attention, news outlets as media, and Wikipedia as educational, exploring mentions from these three sources and the associated actors in their respective media, contextualizing them using various metrics.

Results

Our analysis evaluat

SUBMITTER: Arroyo-Machado W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10407088 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature