Tag:altmetrics

What steps can the scholarly community take to reform research evaluation and move away from relying too heavily on finite metrics that could skew the results? A recent NISO webinar series explored this question.

As the shortfallings of the Journal Impact Factor become more glaring, the question is — will it ever be superseded? In this blog, we overview three emerging alternative research assessment options that journal publishers should watch and ways to implement them.

If you're new to altmetrics, this slideshow is for you. It offers a quick overview of how to start using them and the benefits you'll get.

This slideshow, co-produced by Scholastica and Altmetric, breaks down the benefits of altmetrics for journals, common misconceptions about them, and ways to start tracking altmetrics at your publication.

So, what are the new altmetrics standards that NISO is working on? And what does this mean for academic journals? Here's what you need to know.

Three journals explain how they're using altmetrics impact indicators for both internal and external publication development and offer advice for how other journals can do the same.

In a new free eBook, Scholastica and Altmetric offer insights into the current state of research impact, the rise of altmetrics, and what it all means for scholars and journal editors.

How journal editors and publishers are tracking alternative metrics data and pinpointing the metrics that matter most to them in order to improve their publications.