Do Mendeley reader counts indicate the value of arts and humanities research?
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Authors
Thelwall, MikeIssue Date
2017-09-19
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Mendeley reader counts are a good source of early impact evidence for the life and natural sciences articles because they are abundant, appear before citations, and correlate moderately or strongly with citations in the long term. Early studies have found less promising results for the humanities and this article assesses whether the situation has now changed. Using Mendeley reader counts for articles in twelve arts and humanities Scopus subcategories, the results show that Mendeley reader counts reflect Scopus citation counts in most arts and humanities as strongly as in other areas of scholarship. Thus, Mendeley can be used as an early citation impact indicator in the arts and humanities, although it is unclear whether reader or citation counts reflect the underlying value of arts and humanities research.Citation
Thelwall, M. (2017) ‘Do Mendeley reader counts indicate the value of arts and humanities research?’, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(3), pp. 781–788. doi: 10.1177/0961000617732381.Publisher
SageJournal
Journal of Librarianship & Information ScienceAdditional Links
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0961000617732381Type
Journal articleLanguage
enDescription
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Sage in Journal of Librarianship and Information Science on 19/09/2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617732381 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
0961-0006ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/0961000617732381
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