[Purpose/significance] This paper aims to explore the effectiveness of Altmetrics in revealing the impact of academic books, and then put forward reasonable suggestions for academic book evaluation. [Method/process] Four Altmetrics indicators, Twitter reference, Mendeley reading, text review and libcitation are collected. After analyzing the coverage, quantiles and other statistics of books, the correlation between book citation and Altmetrics indicators is carried out. Books of high indicator values are evaluated from the aspects of published year, discipline and subject in order to explore the application of these indicators in the use of book impact evaluation. [Result/conclusion] The low correlation between book citation and Altmetrics indicators shows that Altmetrics can be used as a new perspective for evaluating academic books, and different Altmetrics indicators reveal different dimensions of book impact. It is suggested to combine Altmetrics indicators and citation and make more use of the characteristics of books such as year and discipline in the future research of book impact evaluation.
Han Yutong
,
Zhou Yuhan
,
Yang Weichao
,
Liu Xiaojuan
. Analysis of Altmetrics Indicators Based on Academic Books[J]. Library and Information Service, 2018
, 62(14)
: 91
-97
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DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2018.14.011
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