An Introduction to Altmetrics

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 438-447

  Brigham, Tara J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; citation metrics; social media

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIBLIOMETRICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84919654756     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2014.957093     Document Type: Article

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17. Comments and suggestions should be sent to the Column Editors: Matthew B. Hoy (hoy.matt@mayo.edu) and Tara J. Brigham (Brigham.Tara@mayo.edu).
18. Color versions of one or more of the figures in the article can be found online at www.tandfonline.com/wmrs.