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Can Altmetrics be Used to Evaluate Research?


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1 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Century International Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Kasaragod, India
2 Department of Oral Biology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, India
 

The emergence of social media has made a huge difference in our lives. The extension of social media to evaluate performance in academics is a new entity. Alternative metrics or altmetrics is a relatively new and emerging sector which utilizes the platform of various outlets of social media to determine the impact of a research work. Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc. are now commonly used avenues for research discussion. These avenues can be tapped upon to create a cumulative profile of a research or publisher. However, many believe that altmetrics is just a transient blip on the screen and does not provide complete details. This commentary provides an overview of altmetrics, but with a pinch of salt.
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Kuldeep Singh Shekhawat
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Century International Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Kasaragod, India
Arunima Chauhan
Department of Oral Biology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, India

Abstract


The emergence of social media has made a huge difference in our lives. The extension of social media to evaluate performance in academics is a new entity. Alternative metrics or altmetrics is a relatively new and emerging sector which utilizes the platform of various outlets of social media to determine the impact of a research work. Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc. are now commonly used avenues for research discussion. These avenues can be tapped upon to create a cumulative profile of a research or publisher. However, many believe that altmetrics is just a transient blip on the screen and does not provide complete details. This commentary provides an overview of altmetrics, but with a pinch of salt.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi02%2F261-262