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altmetrics: a standalone construct

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altmetrics1 CONSTRUCTAltmetricsTHELWALL · SCIENTOMETRICS

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Scientometrics

indicators of research attention drawn from the social web, such as tweets and blog mentions, rather than from citations.

In scientometrics, altmetrics refers to indicators of research attention drawn from the social web, such as tweets and blog mentions, rather than from citations. This meaning comes from Thelwall (2013) in PLoS ONE.[1]

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  1. Thelwall, M., Haustein, S., Larivière, V., & Sugimoto, C. R. (2013). Do Altmetrics Work? Twitter and Ten Other Social Web Services. PLoS ONE, 8(5), e64841. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064841

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