Social media metrics for new research evaluation

TL;DR

This paper explores the principles, frameworks, and practical applications of social media metrics in scientific research evaluation, offering guidelines for their valid use.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive conceptual and practical analysis of social media metrics for research evaluation, including principles and recommendations.

Findings

Proposes valid uses of social media metrics in research assessment

Discusses frameworks for applying social media metrics

Offers principles for responsible metric application

Abstract

This chapter approaches, both from a theoretical and practical perspective, the most important principles and conceptual frameworks that can be considered in the application of social media metrics for scientific evaluation. We propose conceptually valid uses for social media metrics in research evaluation. The chapter discusses frameworks and uses of these metrics as well as principles and recommendations for the consideration and application of current (and potentially new) metrics in research evaluation.