Social impacts of science metrics

Towards the social media studies of science: social media metrics, present and future

In this paper we aim at providing a general reflection around the present and future of social media metrics (or altmetrics) and how they could evolve into a new discipline focused on the study of the relationships and interactions between science and social media, in what could be seen as the social media studies of science.

Metrics 2.0 for Science

Science 2.0 The concept Science 2.0 is a recent development designed to take advantage of the new sharing technologies and social networks of the Web 2.0 and that it is now strongly linked to the current and future research policies of the European Commission. According to ideas developed by Ben Shneiderman this Science in Transition can be described according to two groups of actions, Integrat...

Social science. Computational social science.

Impacts of Social Justice Perception on Elite Migration

Elite migration and brain drain trend in Iran have undergone a dramatic ascent in the past few decades while we are seriously in need of educated manpower to help accomplish the 20-year national vision. So to consider brain drain is necessary and must be accounted by policymakers in all levels. In the upcoming paper, we study the brain drain as a social problem and elaborate a five-dimensional ...

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