tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622668051724391705.post5357026009730655930..comments2016-09-25T07:49:47.822-07:00Comments on Altmetrics for Evaluations: IntroductionMike Thelwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997243815649603823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622668051724391705.post-21746052060862479822014-08-17T08:34:09.790-07:002014-08-17T08:34:09.790-07:00Please see the reply to this comment in the "...Please see the reply to this comment in the "Alternative metrics in the future UK..." post within this blog. Mike Thelwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997243815649603823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622668051724391705.post-68637925365327139702014-08-15T14:41:59.591-07:002014-08-15T14:41:59.591-07:00I'm sorry that you didn't respond at all t...I'm sorry that you didn't respond at all to the criticisms of altmetrics that I and Andrew Plested raised at http://www.dcscience.net/?p=6369 and in the BMJ.<br /><br />You say " I believe that alternative metrics can be useful in some research evaluation contexts", but you adduce no evidence that altmetrics measure quality. The examples that we gave show that, on the contrary, altmetrics are more likely to measure triviality.<br /><br />Blogs are great fun. Mine has had 3.7 million views and I hope it has helped to explain some scientific ideas. But it has nothing whatsoever to do with research. I couldn't have afforded to spend time on it when I was doing full time research. It us a fun game for the semi-retired and should not count one iota to my scientific reputation. That depends on papers like http://www.onemol.org.uk/Colquhoun%20&%20Hawkes-1982-ocr.pdf <br />I don't think that one would get far on social media.David Colquhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610935223901133825noreply@blogger.com