Letter: “What Do Altmetrics Counts Mean? A Plea for Content Analyses”
The “Letter to the Editor” (preprint) linked below has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the Association of Information Science and Technology.
Title
What Do Altmetrics Counts Mean? A Plea for Content Analyses”
Author
Lutz Bornmann
Max Planck Society
Source
via Authors Web Site
Abstract
Since correlation analyses with traditional citations do not really reveal the meaning of altmetrics, I would like to plead for more content analyses of tweets and blogs (for bookmarks in online reference managers, content analyses are not possible).
Direct to Full Text (6 pages; PDF)
Note: The published version of the letter became available today (Jan. 11, 2015) on the journal’s web site. (Early View)
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