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Predicting Patent Citations to Measure Economic Impact of Scholarly Research

A crucial goal of funding research and development has always been to advance economic development. On this basis, a considerable body of research undertaken with the purpose of determining what exactly constitutes economic impact and how to …

Do altmetrics follow the crowd or does the crowd follow altmetrics?

Changes are occurring in scholarly communication as scientific discourse and research activities spread across various social media platforms. In this paper, we study altmetrics on the article and journal levels, investigating whether the online …

Can Social Reference Management Systems Predict a Ranking of Scholarly Venues?

New scholarly venues (e.g., conferences and journals) are emerging as research fields expand. Ranking these new venues is imperative to assist researchers, librarians, and research institutions. However, rankings based on traditional citation-based …