In recent years, many researchers in the academy have tried to find more substantive--or, at the very least, *different*--ways to measure the impact of research than impact factor. This effort, as many folks will know, is usually summed up as “altmetrics.” While this proliferation of measures has helped scholars understand more fully the reach of their work, it can also be difficult to know whether a metric is appropriate for evaluating work, or even just to recognize differences among different metrics.
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