Altmetrics is an indication of quality research or just HOT Topic

• Main Authors: Wee, Joan Jee Foon, Chia, Yew Boon
• Other Authors: Proceedings of the 35th IATUL Conference
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information sources
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102406; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24614; http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2014/altmetrics/3/
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the widespread use of social media tools in the discovery, dissemination and discussion of research output, altmetric measurements are fast gaining popularity and they supplement the traditional research metrics by tracking the number of social mentions of research articles. In recent years, th...