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Semantometrics

Semantometrics is a tool for evaluating research. It is functionally an extension of tools such as bibliometrics, webometrics, and altmetrics, but instead of just evaluating citations – which entails relying on outside evidence – it uses a semantic evaluation of the full text of the research paper being evaluated.

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Semantometrics is a tool for evaluating research. It is functionally an extension of tools such as bibliometrics, webometrics, and altmetrics, but instead of just evaluating citations – which entails relying on outside evidence – it uses a semantic evaluation of the full text of the research paper being evaluated.12

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  1. Knoth, Petr; Herrmannova, Drahomira (2014). "Towards Semantometrics: A New Semantic Similarity Based Measure for Assessing a Research Publication's Contribution". D-Lib Magazine. 20 (11/12). doi:10.1045/november2014-knoth. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  2. Verena Weigert (June 13, 2016). "Towards Full-Text Based Research Metrics: Exploring Semantometrics". Library & Scholarly Futures. JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee). Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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