To our opinion, almetrics as alternative metrics is like an antithesis to classical metrics.
The most important question are sources. For now, the sources are rather undefined
and incomplete. However, following further development of almetrics it is obvious that
the almetrics services are aware of it. Therefore, they have been establishing
cooperation with commercial databases such as Web of Science, Elsevier, Scopus and
many others. Every day through social media we follow development of almetrics,
reading news like „Plum Analytics Joins Elsevier“.The increasing popularity of altmetrics
shows the fact that more publishers put on their website very impressive „donut“ like
BiomedCentral, Nature Publishing Group etc.
Sanja, you probably mean "altmetrics", do you?
http://altmetricsconference.com/
http://altmetrics.org/manifesto/
https://www.altmetric.com/about-altmetrics/what-are-altmetrics/
http://altmetrics.org/tools/
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Rise-of-Altmetrics-Revives/139557
If you mean altmetrics, then I feel that it is not yet time to predict its future.
Hi,
The problem with alt-metrics is that it is not a refereed source, and one can measure with it the amount of interest a paper arises, but not the scientific quality of those who are showing interest. It could be, though, that the amount of interest in a paper will eventually end up with citations, but this is unpredictable.
Dear @Sanja, I have just received some more info about PlumX Metrics!
Scopus article-level metrics have now been enhanced through the integration of PlumX Metrics. As Plum Analytics’ comprehensive, item-level Metrics, PlumX Metrics provide insights into the ways people interact with individual pieces of research output (articles, conference proceedings, book chapters and many more) in the online environment.
On a Scopus article details page, look for a data visualization, known as the Plum Print, to get a quick and easy understanding of an article’s impact; and then open the Metrics Page for more detailed information of the corresponding five categories: Usage, Captures, Mentions, Social media and Citations...
PlumX Metrics track the many different ways individuals are interacting with your research (i.e., downloading it, saving it to a reference manager, blogging about it). The more interaction in a category, the larger the corresponding circle becomes in the Plum Print. Use the metrics to better understand the impact of your work...
http://communications.elsevier.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=%40d7ECh3Dejz3cOKRYws%2Fm7Vye%2BxEqPDa921noxG1LwCk%3D&utm_campaign=Scopus%20-%20Plum%20Analytics&utm_campaignPK=436089143&utm_term=OP37575&utm_content=445308926&utm_source=71&BID=1240010024&utm_medium=email&SIS_ID=0&dgcid=Newsletters%20%26%20Alerts_email_Scopus%20-%20Plum%20Analytics
Altmetrics is new metrics proposed as an alternative to the widely used journal impact factor and personal citation indices like the h-index. The term altmetrics was proposed in 2010, as a generalization of article level metrics (ALM).
Article level metrics is an alternative term for Altmetrics...
I know that you are aware of this Unesco's resource Research Evaluation Metrics!
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) publicly declared a statement on 16th December 2012 supporting altmetrics or alternative metrics also widely known as article level metrics), which is a clear transition from the citation-based indicators such as JIF and H-index to measuring impacts beyond citations of a particular piece of research work. DORA got considerable support from the funding bodies, publishers, research institutions, and scientific communities as altmetrics is focused on capturing the increasing variety of online references to a scholar’s work. Altmetrics offers a different view of the influence of that work... (Chapter 3.3)
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232210E.pdf
Have we reached the limits of altmetrics?
"...At first glance it would seem as though the rapidly increasing use of generative AI will inevitably herald the end of altmetrics, but that’s only if everything else remains the same. Undoubtedly it won’t...
Web metrics have always had to adapt as new technologies have emerged and while AI will undoubtedly bring one era of altmetrics to an end, new areas of investigation will undoubtedly emerge. The inclusion of a host of grey literature and patent citations that would previously have been excluded from bibliometrics will likely continue, but the idea that it can meaningfully capture informal content at scale beyond that may be increasingly dubious.
Web metrics has always had softer foundations than bibliometrics, more likely to illicit insights that are interesting rather than authoritative, and it may not be a bad thing if that is as far as they go. Evaluative metrics often have a negative impact, especially when they are given too much credibility, so reining in altmetrics just as they are gaining interest is not necessarily a bad thing..."
https://www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opinion/have-we-reached-limits-altmetrics?utm_campaign=RI%20Newsline%2009-01-24&utm_content=Have%20we%20reached%20the%20limits%20of%20altmetrics%3F&utm_term=Research%20Information&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra
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