How can academia kick its addiction to the impact factor? http://blog.scienceopen.com/2016/04/how-can-academia-kick-its-addiction-to-the-impact-factor/ … via @Science_Open
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@Protohedgehog I am curious to know your opinion on the qualitative difference between impact factors and altmetrics.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @o_guest @Science_Open
They measure completely different things. One is a guide to social attention, one is a proxy for academic attention.
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Replying to @Protohedgehog @Science_Open
OK, I mean more along the lines of if we start using altmetrics instead will we really have a better metric...
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or more like a mob rule or a who is best at twitter rule etc etc
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like does my preprint with a 80+ score make it better science than a preprint with 1 score? does it matter? etc
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Replying to @o_guest @Science_Open
Nope, it doesn't. Altmetrics shouldn't be a replacement, simply a compliment employed within the right context
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Replying to @Protohedgehog @Science_Open
how can you/we stop publishers from using it as a replacement?
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Replying to @o_guest
This is a lot of questions for 140 characters! Want to email me/fire a DM when you have the chance? :)
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Replying to @Protohedgehog
My question is: how do we stop altmetrics from becoming the same as impact factors, and is that plausible/a worry?
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the only reason I elaborated is cos I felt I had to, but I think you can see there is bias on social media & in general
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Replying to @o_guest @Protohedgehog
I think it's a cool thing to tackle in a blog post and I don't think I'm qualified/have time to do it.
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