Correlation and interaction visualization of altmetric indicators extracted from scholarly social network activities: dimensions and structure

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Chun Li ^a   Xu, Yue Quan ^b   Wu, Hui ^a   Chen, Si Si ^a   Guo, Ji Jun ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; Article level metrics; Dimension; Indicator; Scholarly social network tools; Structure

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR;

ALTMETRICS; ARTICLE; ARTICLE-LEVEL METRICS; DIMENSION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; SCHOLARLY SOCIAL NETWORK TOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURE;

ALTMETRICS; ARTICLE-LEVEL METRICS; DIMENSION; INDICATOR; SCHOLARLY SOCIAL NETWORK TOOLS; STRUCTURE;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84902301767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2707     Document Type: Article

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