Why Altmetric scores should never be used to measure the merit of scientific publications (or 'how to tweet your way to honour and glory')

Why Altmetric scores should never be used to measure the merit of scientific publications (or 'how to tweet your way to honour and glory')

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	David Wardle
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Queen's University 2016-05-01
Series:	Ideas in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:	Twitter Altmetric scientific merit
Online Access:	https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/IEE/article/view/6292

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