Measuring scientific impact beyond academia : An assessment of existing impact metrics and proposed improvements
- Submitting institution
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Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 29251436
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1371/journal.pone.0173152
- Title of journal
- PLoS One
- Article number
- e0173152
- First page
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- Volume
- N/A
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 55
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper finds that there is negligible correlation between REF impact scores and academic impact metrics (they measure different things), using text processing and information retrieval techniques. We compare REF impact scores with citation networks derived from different sources (CiteSeerX, arXiv, PubMed Central) and considering metrics of online attention surrounding scientific works. It is widely cited by groups globally, spanning disciplines including scientometrics, medicine, business, science and policy, investigating areas as diverse as understanding the impact of universities, ways of supporting researchers and profile of ornithology papers. Citing venues include SAGE, Elsevier, BMJ, Springer and Wiley journals.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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