TL;DR
This paper reviews the current state of usage-based informetrics, highlighting how scholarly usage data can complement citation analysis despite challenges in data collection and processing.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive review of recent advances and challenges in using usage data for scholarly impact assessment.
Findings
Usage data offers unique insights into scholarly impact.
Challenges remain in data collection and standardization.
Usage-based metrics can complement citation analysis.
Abstract
Scholarly usage data provides unique opportunities to address the known shortcomings of citation analysis. However, the collection, processing and analysis of usage data remains an area of active research. This article provides a review of the state-of-the-art in usage-based informetric, i.e. the use of usage data to study the scholarly process.
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