General discussion of data quality challenges in social media metrics: Extensive comparison of four major altmetric data aggregators.

The data collection and reporting approaches of four major altmetric data aggregators are studied. The main aim of this study is to understand how differences in social media tracking and data collection methodologies can have effects on the analytical use of altmetric data. For this purpose, discre...

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Main Authors: Zohreh Zahedi, Rodrigo Costas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5957428?pdf=render