Altmetrics in science

altmetric glory

@cjlortie

record of attention

measure of dissemination

an indicator of influence & impact

rapid accumulation relative to citations

more diverse impacts

more than journals & books (i.e. the web)

theconversation.com

scienceploitation

amplification of poor science

echo chambers with low diversity

tone

attention does not necessarily equal merit or value

Wardle

non-independence of author(s)from signal

Wardle test

3.3 to 4x altmetric score amplification

explanations for Wardle test outcome

i. retweets by followers (propagation)

ii. those with twitter are better scientists

dramatic failures: proof of concept via climate denials

Wardle

Self-citation by researchers: narcissism or an inevitable outcome of a cohesive and sustained research program?

Cooke & Donaldson 2014

#discussion

sub-independence solution

the characteristic function of their sum is equal to the product of their marginal characteristic functions

scientific influence

SJR by González-Pereira et al. 20103c-index by Rocha et al. 2016

Multiple criteria by Krieman 2011gatekeeping by Siler et al. 2015

diversity weighting normalization

influence

klout, peerindex, kred, PROskore, Traackr