Subject:	[kbf] Fwd: Altmetrics could enable scholarship from developing countries to receive due recognition
Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:41:07 +0000
From:	Shamprasad Pujar <pujar@igidr.ac.in>
Reply-To:	Knowledge Brokers' Forum <knowledgebrokersforum@dgroups.org>
To:	Knowledge Brokers' Forum <knowledgebrokersforum@dgroups.org>

Dear All,

This could be of interest to some of you.

best Regards,

Sham

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From: Smith, Ina <ismith@sun.ac.za> <ismith@sun.ac.za>
Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:57 PM
Subject: [Irtalk] Altmetrics could enable scholarship from developing countries to receive due recognition

The Web of Science and its corresponding Journal Impact Factor are inadequate for an understanding of the impact of scholarly work from developing regions, argues Juan Pablo Alperin. Alternative metrics offer a great opportunity to redirect incentive structures towards problems that contribute to development, or at least to local priorities. But the altmetrics community needs to actively engage with scholars from developing regions to ensure the new metrics do not continue to cater to well-known and well-established networks.

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/03/10/altmetrics-for-developing-regions/

Ina Smith

Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar
Deputy Librarian
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East)
MUMBAI-400 065, India

Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547
E-mail: pujar@igidr.ac.in