Guest Post — Improving Research Assessment One Tool at a Time: An Interview with Euan Adie of Overton
How can we measure the impact of research papers on influencing public policy? An interview with Euan Adie of Overton.
Worth the Time? A Critical Look at the Value of Twitter for Journals
With yet another stumble from Twitter/X, Angela Cochran looks at the numbers and asks whether all the efforts journals have put into building and maintaining journal Twitter accounts have been worth it.
Guest Post — Can Inadequate Corrections Turn Misinformation into Disinformation?
Could the failure of a journal to visibly correct known errors in a publication, thereby propagating false information, be considered disinformation?
The Dea(r)th of Social Media? Assessing “Twexit”
The brave new world post-Twitter, or post-the Old Twitter, or has anything really changed? Chefs ponder the new social media.
Unpacking The Altmetric Black Box
Article Attention Scores for papers don’t seem to add up, leading one to question whether Altmetric data are valid, reliable, and reproducible.
More Unintended Consequences: How the Plan S Transformative Journal Route Favors Larger Incumbent Publishers
For smaller and independent publishers, the Transformative Journal route to Plan S compliance seems like a viable option. At least until you see the reporting requirements.
Revisiting: Cooperstown, Ground Zero for Altmetrics
A look back at 2014’s discussion of measuring the immeasurable.
Tweeting-Citations Authors Speak, Finally
We stand by our data. We just won’t share it or believe that you replicated our study.
Intention to Tweet: Medical Study Reports Tweets Improve Citations
A paper linking tweets and citations comes under attack, but more from the authors’ inability to answer even basic questions about their paper and resistance to share their data.
Reforming Research Assessment: A Tough Nut to Crack
Alison Mudditt looks at the recently released TOP Factor from the Center for Open Science, and the bigger picture of shifting the nature of research assessment.
Remembering Mohammad Asadi-Lari
Remembering SSP Fellow Mohammad Asadi-Lari, who died aboard the Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 that crashed in Iran shortly after takeoff.