239 citations
2 papers
cs.DL2013★ 239 cited
The Google Scholar Experiment: how to index false papers and manipulate bibliometric indicators
Emilio Delgado López-Cózar, Nicolás Robinson-Garcia, Daniel Torres-Salinas
Google Scholar has been well received by the research community. Its promises of free, universal and easy access to scientific literature as well as the perception that it covers b…
cs.DL2013★ 94 cited
Altmetrics: New Indicators for Scientific Communication in Web 2.0
Daniel Torres-Salinas, Alvaro Cabezas-Clavijo, Evaristo Jimenez-Contreras
In this paper we review the socalled altmetrics or alternative metrics. This concept raises from the development of new indicators based on Web 2.0, for the evaluation of the resea…