Scholarly use of social media and altmetrics: A review of the literature
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This review provides an extensive account of the state of the art in both scholarly use of social media and altmetrics, reviewing the various functions these platforms have in the scholarly communication process and the factors that affect this use.Abstract:
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 promotion of new indicators on the basis of interactions with these platforms. Research and scholarship in this area has accelerated since the coining and subsequent advocacy for altmetrics—that is, research indicators based on social media activity. This review provides an extensive account of the state-of-the art in both scholarly use of social media and altmetrics. The review consists of 2 main parts: the first examines the use of social media in academia, reviewing the various functions these platforms have in the scholarly communication process and the factors that affect this use. The second part reviews empirical studies of altmetrics, discussing the various interpretations of altmetrics, data collection and methodological limitations, and differences according to platform. The review ends with a critical discussion of the implications of this transformation in the scholarly communication system.read more
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The unbearable emptiness of tweeting-About journal articles.
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Do altmetrics correlate with the quality of papers? A large-scale empirical study based on F1000Prime data.
Lutz Bornmann,Robin Haunschild +1 more
TL;DR: The results of the regression analysis indicate that citation-based metrics and readership counts are significantly more related to quality, than tweets, which questions the use of Twitter counts for research evaluation purposes and indicates potential use of Mendeley reader counts.
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Reliability and accuracy of altmetric providers: a comparison among Altmetric.com, PlumX and Crossref Event Data
TL;DR: Results show that Altmetric.com is the provider with the best coverage of blog posts, news and tweets; while PlumX better collects Mendeley readers; and CED is the site that extracts more Wikipedia citations.
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Evolution of Wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and future
TL;DR: It is proposed that the medical community should prioritise the accuracy of biomedical information in the world’s most consulted encyclopaedia.
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