Dec 04, 2024 16:21:00

Bluesky adopted as index for Altmetric, a service that visualizes the influence of academic papers

Alemetric , a service that measures the online influence of scientific research papers using altmetrics, has announced that it has added the social networking site Bluesky to its measurement. Altmetric is the first platform to systematically track and analyze research-related interactions posted on Bluesky.

Altmetric introduces Bluesky as a new social media tracking source - Altmetric
https://www.altmetric.com/altmetric-news/altmetric-introduces-bluesky-as-a-new-social-media-tracking-source/

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https://bsky.social/about/blog/12-03-2024-altmetric

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Bluesky in Altmetric - YouTube


There are several ways to measure the impact of a published paper, and the most reliable way is to look at the number of citations it receives.

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In addition, there is the 'impact factor,' which is the average number of citations of papers published in each academic journal, as an indicator of the influence of an academic journal, and the 'h-index,' which is based on the number of papers written and the number of citations, as an indicator of a researcher's level of contribution.

'Altmetrics' is an index that measures the influence of a paper not by 'how many other papers it is cited by,' but by the number of views and mentions online. There are several tools and platforms for measurement, one of which is 'Altmetric.'

Altmetric has previously measured Wikipedia, X, Reddit, and Facebook.

Bluesky will be joining the group.

Scores are calculated in the same way as for X: 1 point for the original post and 0.85 points for reposts, and a score cap is set after 200 reposts.

They will also take into consideration how frequently an account posts and whether it only posts to certain academic journals.

According to Altmetric, as of October 25, 2024, Bluesky had 395,000 posts that mentioned the paper.

Below are some examples of Altmetric data.

Life history in Caenorhabditis elegans: from molecular genetics to evolutionary ecology | Genetics | Oxford Academic

https://academic.oup.com/genetics/article/228/3/iyae151/7826457

The Altmetric score is shown on the right side of the page, alongside the number of citations and views.

Clicking on the Alemetric icon will bring up the altmetrics, showing that it has been mentioned by X and Bluesky.

Altmetric – Life history in Caenorhabditis elegans: from molecular genetics to evolutionary ecology
https://oxfordjournals.altmetric.com/details/169499659

As of November 2024, Bluesky's number of users has exceeded 20 million.

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It has also become clear that many scientists are migrating from X to Bluesky, and according to a survey, more than 22% of researchers support Bluesky over other SNS.

A large number of scientists are migrating from X (formerly Twitter) to Bluesky - GIGAZINE

If it has a large number of researchers, Bluesky is likely to have a higher proportion of mentions related to scientific papers than X, which is likely to provide new insights.