Altmetrics A practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics

• Other Authors: Tattersall, Andy (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Facet Publishing 2016
• Edition: English : First edition
• Subjects: Library science > Research > Methodology; Bibliometrics > Methodology; Libraries and Museums; Scholarly publishing > Evaluation; Communication in learning and scholarship
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This book gives an overview of altmetrics, its tools and how to implement them successfully to boost and measure research outputs.New methods of scholarly communication and dissemination of information are having a huge impact on how academics and researchers build profiles and share research. This...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Andy Tattersall
• Road map: From Web 2.0 to altmetrics / Andy Tattersall
• "Metrics of the trade": where have we come from? / Andrew Booth
• The evolution of library metrics / Ben Showers
• The rise of altmetrics / Euan Adie
• Beyond bibliometrics: altmetrics reflects information about enagagement with more types of scholarly content from more types of consumers / William Gunn
• Considerations for implementing new technologies / Andy Tattersall
• Resources and tools / Andy Tattersall
• The connected academic: implementing altmetrics within your organization / Andy Tattersall
• Appmetrics: improving impact on the go / Claire Beecroft
• Open peer review / Andy Tattersall
• Conclusion / Andy Tattersall.