...Ashraf Maleki; Javad Abbaspour; Abdolrasoul Jowkar; Hajar Sotudeh Purpose The main objective of the present study is to determine the role of citation-based metrics (PageRank and HITS’ authority and hub scores) and non-citation metrics (Goodreads readers, reviews and ratings, textbook edition...

...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...

...Tehmina Amjad; Mehwish Sabir; Azra Shamim; Masooma Amjad; Ali Daud Purpose Citation is an important measure of quality, and it plays a vital role in evaluating scientific research. However, citation advantage varies from discipline to discipline, subject to subject and topic to topic. This study...

...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...

...Scott P. Pitol; Sandra L. De Groote Purpose – The growing dominance of Google Scholar (GS) as a first-stop resource for scholars and researchers demands investigation of its influence on citation patterns, freedom of information, and scholarly communication. The purpose of this paper is to break...