Centre for Science and Technology Studies
Centre for Science and Technology Studies
2333AL
Leiden
Zuid Holland
31715273909
This project aims at studying the social media reception of African publications as covered by the most important “altmetric” sources. The project will consider all African publication data from the Web of Science database and the Altmetric.com database, thus being the largest altmetric study on the continent so far.
Website
www0.sun.ac.za/scistip/research/communication/social-media-profiles
Duration
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2020
Keywords
social media, South African research, altmetrics
Partners
CREST
CWTS Staff
Clara Calero-Medina, Rodrigo Costas Comesana, Zohreh Zahedi