Altmetircs Research

Abstract

The chapter describes Altmetrics use in public APIs across platforms to gather data with open scripts and algorithms. Altmetrics did not originally cover citation counts. It calculated scholar impact based on diverse online research output, such as social media, online news media, and online reference managers. It demonstrates both the impact and the detailed composition of the impact. Altmetrics are becoming widely used in academia by individuals (as evidence of influence for promotion and tenure and in applying for grants), institution libraries (for making collections management decisions and understanding the use of IR and digital library content), publishers (performance in specific subject areas), and other areas of research.