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Article-level metrics are citation metrics which measure the usage and impact of individual scholarly articles. The most common article-level citation metric is the number of citations.[1] Field-weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) by Scopus divides the total citations by the average number of citations for an article in the scientific field.[2]
Alternative article-level metrics include the CD index, a measure of the disruptiveness of an article.[3][4]
Adoption
[edit]Traditionally, bibliometrics have been used to evaluate the usage and impact of research, but have usually been focused on journal-level metrics such as the impact factor or researcher-level metrics such as the h-index.[5] Article-level metrics, on the other hand, may demonstrate the impact of an individual article. This is related to, but distinct from, altmetrics.[6]
Starting in March 2009, the Public Library of Science introduced article-level metrics for all articles.[7] The open access publisher PLOS provides article level metrics for all of its journals[8] including downloads, citations, and altmetrics.[9] In March 2014 it was announced that COUNTER statistics, which measure usage of online scholarly resources, are now available at the article level.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tahamtan, Iman; Safipour Afshar, Askar; Ahamdzadeh, Khadijeh (2016). "Factors affecting number of citations: a comprehensive review of the literature". Scientometrics. 107 (3): 1195–1225. doi:10.1007/s11192-016-1889-2. ISSN 0138-9130.
- ^ Cooke, Bec. "Guides: Research Metrics: Field-Weighted Citation Impact". libguides.usc.edu.au.
- ^ Funk, Russell J.; Owen-Smith, Jason (2017). "A Dynamic Network Measure of Technological Change". Management Science. 63 (3): 791–817. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2015.2366. ISSN 0025-1909.
- ^ Park, Michael; Leahey, Erin; Funk, Russell J. (5 January 2023). "Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time". Nature. 613 (7942): 138–144. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05543-x. ISSN 0028-0836.
- ^ "Article-Level Metrics". SPARC. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Article-Level Metrics: A Sparc Primer" (PDF). SPARC. April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Fenner, Martin (2005-07-01). "Article-Level Metrics Information". Lagotto. PLoS ONE. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "Overview". PLOS: Article-Level Metrics. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Pattinson, Damian (March 2014). "The future is open: opportunities for publishers and institutions". Insights. 27 (1): 38–44. doi:10.1629/2048-7754.139.
- ^ "Introduction to Release 1 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Articles". COUNTER. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- "SPARC - Article level metrics". Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- "SPARC Primer" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- Neylon, Cameron; Wu, Shirley (Nov 2009). "Article-Level Metrics and the Evolution of Scientific Impact". PLOS Biol. 7 (11): e1000242. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000242. PMC 2768794. PMID 19918558.