Semantometrics
Definition
A class of metrics for evaluating research using full publication text to measure semantic similarity of publications and highlighting an article’s contribution to the progress of scholarly discussion. It is an extension of tools such as bibliometrics, webometrics, and altmetrics.
References:
- Herrmannova, D., & Knoth, P. (n.d.). Semantometrics Towards Full text-based Research Evaluation. Retrieved from https://arxiv.org/pdf/1605.04180.pdf
- Knoth, P., & Herrmannova, D. (2014). Towards semantometrics: A new semantic similarity based measure for assessing a research publication’s contribution. D-Lib Magazine, 20(11), 8. https://doi.org/10.1045/november2014-knoth
Originally drafted by: Alaa AlDoh
Reviewed by: Jamie P. Cockcroft, Mahmoud Elsherif, Christopher Graham, Charlotte R. Pennington
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