| Title |
Do altmetrics work for assessing research quality?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Scientometrics, January 2019
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11192-018-2988-z |
| Authors |
Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese, Paolo Ciancarini, Aldo Gangemi, Silvio Peroni, Francesco Poggi, Valentina Presutti |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 4 | 13% |
| Italy | 4 | 13% |
| Japan | 3 | 10% |
| Germany | 2 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |
| Austria | 1 | 3% |
| Peru | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 55% |
| Scientists | 8 | 26% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 116 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Librarian | 25 | 22% |
| Researcher | 18 | 16% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 18% |
| Unknown | 28 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 26 | 22% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 16% |
| Arts and Humanities | 8 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 21 | 18% |
| Unknown | 31 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
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