Assessing Information Seeking Behavior of Researchers with Altmetrics

Sujata S Rajpurkar

Sujata S Rajpurkar Librarian, St Andrew’s College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Bandra, India.

Abstract

Information and communication technology’s growing significance in research and publication areas added a broader view with multiple dimensions to assess the research output. Traditional methods like H-index, impact factor, citations and other metrics like Scientometrics and Bibliometrics are extended to the Altmetrics, i.e., alternative metrics. Altmetrics helps assess the social impact of published research work. The volume of downloads and the number of views and reads are used to measure the impact of research outputs. The Altmetrics helps to understand the social implications of research work and increases visibility in the scholarly community. The present paper is the authors’ attempt to study the information-seeking behaviour of researchers through alternative metrics. The analysis is based on the studies available in the library and information science field.

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