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Alternative article‐level metrics
Author(s) -
Bornmann Lutz,
Haunschild Robin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201847260
Subject(s) - altmetrics , citation , scientometrics , manifesto , library science , bibliometrics , citation impact , citation analysis , sociology , political science , computer science , law
A growing range of metrics are available as an alternative to citation counts. The crucial questions for research evaluation are what kind of impact these measure and whether this correlates with the quality of research.