A call for broadening the altmetrics tent to democratize science outreach
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.
Authors
- Pavel Pipek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1116-1013)
- Ivan Jarić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-297X)
- Ana Novoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7092-3917)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- Charles University (CZ)
- AgroParisTech (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas (ES)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany (CZ)
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Biology
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003010
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.59
Funders
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky
- Akademie Věd České Republiky
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación