Impact Factors, Citation Metrics, and Altmetrics (Or: Can Tweets be as Valuable as Good Impact Factor?)

Lacroix, Denis; Hwang, Christina

doi:doi:10.7939/R38K74X32

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Impact Factors, Citation Metrics, and Altmetrics (Or: Can Tweets be as Valuable as Good Impact Factor?)

Author(s) / Creator(s)
- Lacroix, Denis
- Hwang, Christina
The poster will provide an overview of traditional and newly emerging impact metric tools and how they are changing decision making processes in determining research impact. Evidence-based examples will be provided to equip subject librarians in addressing the needs of their faculty and researchers in the Science, Humanities, and Social Science disciplines.
Date created

2013-05-31
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Conference/Workshop Poster
DOI

https://doi.org/10.7939/R38K74X32
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 International

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- English
Citation for previous publication
- Hwang, Christina and Denis Lacroix. Impact Factors, Citation Metrics, and Altmetrics (Or: Can Tweets be as Valuable as Good Impact Factor?). CLA 2013 National Conference and Trade Show, May 29 - June 1, 2013, Winnipeg, Manitoba : Winnipeg Convention Centre. (Poster)