Beyond citations ⁠— Demonstrate your research impact with alternative metrics 

— by Fanny Liu Introduction to Altmetrics  Alternative metrics (also known as altmetrics) indicate the attention of scientific outputs which are shared, mentioned, and discussed in online environments, which are derived from users’ actions on various social media platforms and other online sources (e.g., Wikipedia) [1].  Altmetric.com is a platform to find altmetrics for research…

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Ways to boost your citations – Social Media

— by Florence Ng Dissemination of scholarly information is no longer limited to printed materials or electronic databases, but a faster, easier, and more interactive platform – social media. When you are in search of effective ways to increase the visibility and boost citations of your published papers, social media could be a novel means…

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