... technology applications in the field of libraries and to assess the online social attention to research publications. Design/methodology/approach The study employed Scientometric and altmetric tools to evaluate the research publications. The bibliographic data of research publications were downloaded...

...Haoran Zhu; Xueying Liu Purpose Scientific impact is traditionally assessed with citation-based metrics. Recently, altmetric indices have been introduced to measure scientific impact both within academia and among the general public. However, little research has investigated the association...

...Xu Wang; Xin Feng Purpose This paper aims to analyze the relationships between discourse leading indicators and citations from perspectives of integrating altmetrics indicators and tries to provide references for comprehending the quantitative indicators of scientific communication in the era...

...Siluo Yang; Fan Qi Purpose This study aims to compare the impacts of proceedings papers in the fields of social science and humanities (SSH) and science. Design/methodology/approach This study involved not only citations but also altmetric indexes to compare the impacts of proceedings papers...

...Shima Moradi; Firoozeh Dokhani Purpose Altmetrics is a complementary method in scientometrics for evaluating the performance of individuals, organizations, institutions and countries in social media. Due to the large volume of data related to the interactions in science, technology and innovation...

...Rongying Zhao; Yu Bo Purpose The influencing factors of academic papers have always been the focus of attention in the field of Scientometrics. Exploring the influencing factors of altmetrics indicators and traditional literature indicators on academic papers is beneficial to better explore...

...Xiaoguang Wang; Tao Lv; Donald Hamerly Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insights on the improvement of academic impact and social attention of Chinese collaboration articles from the perspective of altmetrics. Design/methodology/approach The authors retrieved articles which...