Using altmetrics for assessing research impact in the humanities

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1419-1430

  Hammarfelt, Björn ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; Bibliometrics; Humanities; Library Thing; Mendeley; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896060704     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1261-3     Document Type: Article

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