Visualization Analysis on the Research Development of Altmetrics in China

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] With the deepening of Altmetrics’ research, the analysis of its development trend will help researchers to study the research progress and hot contents, and provide some references for the future research. [Method/process]This paper chose CNKI database as the data source, and usedthe bibliometric method and the visualization method to analyze the domestic Altmetrics research from three aspects: research overview, literature coherence and research content. [Result/conclusion]① Domestic Altmetrics research is shifting from theoretical research to empirical research, with a good momentum of development; ②scientific research cooperation is one of the important features of Altmetrics research. The distribution of disciplines is centered on library science and information science, with publishing, medicine and scientific research management as the edges of this structure. ③ The development of the Altmetrics tools and resource platforms embedded in the mechanism in the domestic environment, the reconstruction of the scientific communication process from the perspective of Altmetrics, the integration of traditional evaluation and communication-process-based evaluation will be Altmetrics' future research trends.

Keywords

• Altmetrics