Scholarly use of social media and altmetrics: a review of the literature

Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Work, Sam; Larivière, Vincent; Haustein, Stefanie

doi:10.48550/arxiv.1608.08112

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“…Recently, the state-of-the-art on the usage of social media and altmetrics in academia was analysed in an extensive literature review (Sugimoto, Work, Larivière & Haustein, 2016). The findings show that several large-scale surveys report a high usage of social media platforms (up to 75% to 80% of researchers).…”

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“…As such, the interest and popularity of social media in academia has been growing, with several studies already measuring the usage of social media and altmetrics in academia (Sugimoto, Work, Larivière & Haustein, 2016). It has even been suggested that social media may eventually play a role in academic tenure and promotion (Gruzd, Staves & Wilk, 2011).…”

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Awareness and usage of altmetrics: A user survey

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Erdt

Theng

2017

Proc. Assoc. Info. Sci. Tech.

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As the way of evaluating research outputs has gradually changed, and the dissemination of scholarly materials online has gotten easier, research studies investigating the awareness and usage of social media in academia have also been on the rise. The number of user surveys on the awareness and usage of altmetrics (emerging alternative metrics based on social media) has, however, remained low. This paper presents the findings of an online survey, which are the results of the first phase data collection of a user survey on the awareness and usage of altmetrics in academia. Our findings show that article views and downloads from online digital libraries or repositories are very well-known. The most used altmetrics are mentions and shares on social networks. Mentions in blog posts and topics in a forum are also popular altmetrics. Interestingly, this study reveals a tendency for non-faculty staff to be more aware of altmetrics. Furthermore, we also investigate how the usage of social media correlates with the usage of altmetrics. The findings show medium to large correlations between the usage of social media and the usage of altmetrics, which means academics who use social media often, also tend to use altmetrics often.

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confidence: 99%

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Awareness and usage of altmetrics: A user survey

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Theng

2017

Proc. Assoc. Info. Sci. Tech.

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“…First, the demand for a research evaluation framework which conceives science as an activity with multiple dimensions and impacts, in particular the increasing interest on measures for assessing societal impact. Second, the technological transformations in science communication in recent years, which are interpreted as a second wave on the digitisation of scholarly communication (Sugimoto et al 2016). Third, the 'open science' movement which calls for more accessible and transparent research practicesincluding the dissemination of research findings with research data and methods (Moed, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These claims are highly disputed due to both conceptual and technical reasons. Technical issues include discrepancies in results depending on data sources (Zahedi, Fenner & Costas, 2014), difficulties of linking social media discussions with scientific papers (Robinson-García et al 2014), the heterogeneity of social media platforms used, and the easy gaming of the metrics (Robinson-Garcia et al, forthcoming;Sugimoto et al 2016). Conceptually, social media platforms are built on the premise that the more they are used, the better, since their aim is to facilitate sharing and linking to contents in an automatic way.…”

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“…Another key issue in social media analyses is the heterogeneity of sources and diversity of uses covered under the term of 'altmetrics' (Robinson-García et al 2014;Sugimoto et al 2016). As a consequence of this variety of platforms and usages, the coverage of science by altmetrics is extremely uneven across fields (Costas et al 2015), ages and ranks (Procter et al 2010), or countries (Alperin 2015a) --being extremely low in many cases.…”

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Using Almetrics for Contextualised Mapping of Societal Impact: From Hits to Networks

2017

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In this article, we develop a method that uses altmetric data to analyse researchers' interactions, as a way of mapping the contexts of potential societal impact. In the face of an increasing policy demand for quantitative methodologies to assess societal impact, social media data (altmetrics) has been presented as a potential method to capture broader forms of impact. However, current altmetric indicators were extrapolated from traditional citation approaches and are seen as problematic for assessing societal impact. In contrast, established qualitative methodologies for societal impact assessment are based on interaction approaches. These argue that assessment should focus on mapping the contexts in which engagement among researchers and stakeholders take place, as a means to understand the pathways to societal impact. Following these approaches, we propose to shift the use of altmetric data towards network analysis of researchers and stakeholders. We carry out two case studies, analysing researchers' networks with Twitter data. The comparison illustrates the potential of Twitter networks to capture disparate degrees of policy engagement. We propose that this mapping method can be used as an input within broader methodologies in case studies of societal impact assessment

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Altmetrics: Broadening Impact or Amplifying Voices?

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Larivière

2017

ACS Cent. Sci.

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Scholarly use of social media and altmetrics: a review of the literature

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Awareness and usage of altmetrics: A user survey

Awareness and usage of altmetrics: A user survey

Using Almetrics for Contextualised Mapping of Societal Impact: From Hits to Networks

Altmetrics: Broadening Impact or Amplifying Voices?

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