In the era of Brexit and fake news, scientists need to embrace social media
Social media can be an intimidating place for academics as not all of them take to it like ducks to water. For many newcomers, a more approp
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Altmetrics - what are they good for? - British Psychology Research Day - video of my talk
video of a talk I gave for The British Psychological Association on Altmetrics and how researchers can make use of them
Following the success of the learning technologist, is it time for a research equivalent?
With so many scholarly communications tools and technologies now available, how do academics decide which are most appropriate for their res
Analysing Altmetric data on research citations in policy literature – the case of the University of
Altmetrics offers all kinds of insights into how a piece of research has been communicated and cited. In 2014 Altmetric.com added policy doc
New research must be better reported, the future of society depends on it
Newspaper articles, TV appearances and radio slots are increasingly important ways for academics to communicate their research to wider audi
Disentangling the academic web: what might have been learnt from Discogs and IMDB
Academia can always learn a lot from the rest of the world when it comes to working with the web. The project 101 Innovations in Scholarly C
0 is the magic number: Why small numbers matter just as much as large ones when we talk about Altmet
0 is the magic number: Why small numbers matter just as much as large ones when we talk about altmetrics.
Many a true word is spoken in jest: Twitter accounts that mock, self-ridicule and bring a smile to a
For many academics Twitter stands out above any other social media tool as their platform for open and scholarly engagement – partially than
Jobs.ac.uk Talk - How to hack your research
Social media and digital tools are now a staple of many researcher practices and have brought new dimensions to publishing, finding and orga
Peer review is fraught with problems, and we need a fix
Dirty Harry once said, “Opinions are like assholes; everybody has one”. Now that the internet has made it easier than ever to share an unsol