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Usage Bibliometrics

Digital Libraries 2015-05-27 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Information Retrieval Physics and Society

Abstract

Scholarly usage data provides unique opportunities to address the known shortcomings of citation analysis. However, the collection, processing and analysis of usage data remains an area of active research. This article provides a review of the state-of-the-art in usage-based informetric, i.e. the use of usage data to study the scholarly process.

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@article{arxiv.1102.2891,
  title  = {Usage Bibliometrics},
  author = {Michael J. Kurtz and Johan Bollen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.2891},
  year   = {2015}
}

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