A call for broadening the altmetrics tent to democratize science outreach

2025/02/07 by Ivan Jarić, Pavel Pipek, Ana Novoa · 2 voices · 2 citations
Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #scientometrics and bibliometrics research #Climate Change Communication and Perception #Academic Publishing and Open Access

paper · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3003010

Abstract

Common altmetrics indices are limited and biased in the social media that they cover. In this Perspective, we highlight how and why altmetrics should broaden its scope to provide more reliable metrics for scientific content and communication.

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Discussions

• On #Bluesky, #Twitter, #Mastodon, common #altmetrics indices, and their biases and (un)reliability – our new paper now published in @plosbiology.org , with @pavelpipek.bsky.social & @ananovoaperez.bsk [bsky, 20 points, 0 comments]
• A call for broadening the #altmetrics tent to democratize science outreach – new study by @ivanjaric.bsky.social @pavelpipek.bsky.social @ananovoaperez.bsky.social now out in @plosbiology.org doi.org/ [bsky, 6 points, 0 comments]

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