The altmetric score: A new measure for article-level dissemination and impact

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 549-553

  Trueger, N Seth ^a   Thoma, Brent ^b   Hsu, Cindy H ^c   Sullivan, Daniel ^d   Peters, Lindsay ^d   Lin, Michelle ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^d Annals of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTMETRIC SCORE; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEB BROWSER; BIBLIOMETRICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84945479618     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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