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Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis : Alternative Metrics

Resources to help researchers measure journal, article, and author impact factors. Includes traditional citation evaluation as well as alternative methods.

What are Altmetrics?

'Altmetrics' is the creation and study of new metrics based on the Social Web for analyzing and informing scholarship.  For a detailed description, read "Altmetrics: a Manifesto".

Altmetrics Tools

Where Does the Data Come From?