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Research Excellence in the Era of Online Attention: Almetrics of South Africa’s Highly Cited Papers in Selected Research Fields
Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-08-13 , DOI: 10.1007/s12109-019-09679-z
Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha

The use of highly cited papers (HCPs) to assess research excellence (RE) is widespread but the emergence of alternative metrics for assessing research impact has ignited debates on their role in measuring RE. This paper undertakes an altmetrics analysis of South Africa’s highly cited papers with a view to assessing the extent of online attention to these papers; the correlation between citation and altmetrics data and nuances in research fields, using conventional and altmetrics data. The Web of Science’s (WoS) Incites Essential Science Indicator (ESI) database was used to extract the metrics of HCPs while the online portal altmetric.com was used to obtain the altmetrics data for each HCP. The Pearson correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between citation data and altmetrics of the HCPs. The results indicate that clinical medicine posted the highest number of HCPs but was behind Space Science and Molecular Biology & Genetics in terms of citations per paper. Only six fields recorded more than 100 HCPs. Overall, South Africa’s HCPs have the highest altmetrics presence in Dimensions followed by Mendeley, Twitter, Facebook, News Outlets and Blogs. However, each research field exhibited different patterns as far as online attention of their papers is concerned. The implications of the plausibility of using altmetrics in assessing RE in South Africa are offered.

中文翻译:

在线注意力时代的卓越研究:南非特定研究领域高被引论文的 Almetrics

使用高被引论文 (HCP) 来评估卓越研究 (RE) 的情况很普遍,但用于评估研究影响的替代指标的出现引发了对其在衡量 RE 中的作用的争论。本文对南非的高被引论文进行了altmetrics分析,以评估在线对这些论文的关注程度;使用常规和 altmetrics 数据,引文和 altmetrics 数据之间的相关性以及研究领域的细微差别。Web of Science (WoS) Inites Essential Science Indicator (ESI) 数据库用于提取 HCP 的指标,而在线门户 altmetric.com 用于获取每个 HCP 的 altmetrics 数据。Pearson 相关分析用于确定引用数据与 HCP 的替代指标之间的关系。结果表明,临床医学的 HCP 数量最多,但在每篇论文的引用次数方面落后于空间科学和分子生物学与遗传学。只有六个领域记录了超过 100 名 HCP。总体而言,南非的 HCP 在 Dimensions 中拥有最高的替代指标,其次是 Mendeley、Twitter、Facebook、新闻媒体和博客。然而,就其论文的在线关注度而言,每个研究领域都表现出不同的模式。提供了使用 altmetrics 评估南非可再生能源的合理性的影响。南非的 HCP 在 Dimensions 中拥有最高的替代指标,其次是 Mendeley、Twitter、Facebook、News Outlets 和 Blogs。然而,就其论文的在线关注度而言,每个研究领域都表现出不同的模式。提供了使用 altmetrics 评估南非可再生能源的合理性的影响。南非的 HCP 在 Dimensions 中拥有最高的替代指标,其次是 Mendeley、Twitter、Facebook、News Outlets 和 Blogs。然而,就其论文的在线关注度而言,每个研究领域都表现出不同的模式。提供了使用 altmetrics 评估南非可再生能源的合理性的影响。
更新日期:2019-08-13
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