Evaluating Research Impact Using Altmetrics

Here are a sample of readings about the evolving area of altmetrics: 

• Ball, A., & Duke, M. (2015). "How to track the impact of research data with metrics". DCC How-to-Guides. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre. Available online: /resources/how-guides.

• Konkiel, S., Madjarevic, N., & Rees, A. (2016). Altmetrics for librarians: 100+ tips, tricks, and examples.

• Kwok, R. (2013). Research impact: altmetrics make their mark. Nature, 500(7463), 491-493. 

• National Information Standards Organization. Outputs of the NISO Alternative Assessment Metrics Project. NISO RP-25-2016.

• Priem, J., Taraborelli, D., Groth, P., & Neylon, C. (2010). Altmetrics: A manifesto. 

• Roemer, R.C. & Borchardt, R. (Eds.). Meaningful metrics: a 21st century librarian's guide to bibliometrics, altmetrics, and research impact. (2015).

• Tattersall, A. (Ed.). Altmetrics: a practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics. (2016). London: Facet Publishing.