Altmetrics in Altmetric platform: an interview with Stacy Konkiel

• Autor(a) principal: Barcelos, Janinne
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Macedo, Diego José, Maricato, João de Melo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ibero-americana de Ciência da Informação
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/RICI/article/view/28870
• topic: avaliação da pesquisa. estudos métricos. indicadores altmétricos. altmetria.; evaluación de investigación. estudios métricos. indicadores altmétricos. altmetrics.; research evaluation. Informetrics. altmetric indicators. altmetrics.

Through the interview granted by the researcher and director of research relations at Digital Science, Stacy Konkiel, company in charge of the platform Altmetric, the emergent area of altmetrics is discussed as well as the new paths for research impact assessment of Social Web, the changes in the systems of scientific information mediation, the public engagement with science and technical issues on the use and limitations of the Altmetric platform. This interview is a follow-up of the visit made by the authors to the Altmetric facilities and the discussions held during meeting of the Scientific Communication Research Group of the University of Brasilia (UnB), which took place during the University Week.