Etwas für die Szientometriker/-innen:
Paul Wouters & Rodrigo Costas, Users, narcissism and control – tracking the impact of scholarly publications in the 21st century, 2012
What is the scientific and social impact of my research publications? This question has been of interest to scientists and scholars since the inception of modern science 400 years ago. But it was hard to answer. This may now be changing. Scholarship is transforming into a variety of digital networked forms. These developments have created new possibilities and challenges in the evaluation of the quality of research. This is of interest to research funders assessing the quality of research. It is also relevant to the individual researchers interested in assessing their career development. …
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Die Studie online:
via http://wisspub.net/2012/02/11/altmetrics-studie-neue-verfahren-wissenschaftlicher-impact-messung/