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Altmetrics in Chemistry: Alternative Metrics for Research Impact in Chemistry

12 March 2025, Version 3
Working Paper
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Abstract

The research impact of published research is measured not only by citations in other academic research documents, but also by alternative metrics (altmetrics) indicators. They include news in newspapers, posts in social media, mentions in patents, policy documents, online encyclopedias, blogs, websites, and more. The findings of this study fifteen years after its introduction to complement citation-based metrics for assessing research im-pact may further benefit education on communication of gradu-ate student and young faculty in the chemical sciences.

Keywords

altmetrics
altmetrics in chemistry
open science
research impact
chemical sciences

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Version History

Mar 12, 2025 Version 3

Version Notes

Expanded version of the first two versions, the new version of this study answers two research questions: RQ1: How does altmetrics in chemistry differ from altmetrics in other STEM disciplines? RQ2: Why a chemistry scholar should be interested in Alt-metrics?

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DOI

10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-s8zql-v3
D O I: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-s8zql-v3 [opens in a new tab]

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