Just Released: Altmetric 100 (Most Discussed and Shared Scientific Research of 2018)
Via Gary Price at LJ InfoDocket
“From Altmetric (Digital Science):
From the shocking mortality rates in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria to the spread of false news online, many of this year’s most important issues feature in the Altmetric Top 100, released today.
The annual Altmetric Top 100 highlights research published in 2018 that has generated significant international online attention and discussion – from post-publication peer review sites and public policy documents to mainstream media, blogs, Wikipedia, and social media platforms.
Top 10 articles of 2018:
The Altmetric Top 100 typically features research from a variety of disciplines, written by authors from all corners of the globe.
Source: Altmetric
The paper is the most widely shared in the Altmetric Top 100’s six-year history.
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This year’s list features papers published in 45 different journals. The University of Cambridge had the most affiliated papers (10 papers), while the journal Science featured more than any other (12 times).
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Data was collated on the 15 November 2018, for articles published from November 15 2017 onwards. Author and institutional data was collated via a mixture of automatic matching with data from Dimensions and manual curation. Altmetric Attention Scores shown on the Top 100 site were captured at the time of collation, and may have changed slightly since.
Resources
Altmetric 100 Archive (2013-)”
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