Are Altmetric.com scores effective for research impact evaluation in the social sciences and humanities?

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Highlights：

• A conceptualization and an operationalization framework of effectiveness of Altmetric.com scores are proposed.

• Altmetric.com scores can help to reflect multidimensional impact but are not currently effective indicators.

• The strongest indicator of Altmetric.com scores to reflect scholarly impact of SSH researches is Readers.

摘要

•A conceptualization and an operationalization framework of effectiveness of Altmetric.com scores are proposed.•Altmetric.com scores can help to reflect multidimensional impact but are not currently effective indicators.•The strongest indicator of Altmetric.com scores to reflect scholarly impact of SSH researches is Readers.

论文关键词：Altmetric,Citation analysis,Social sciences and humanities,Impact evaluation

论文评审过程：Received 30 August 2019, Revised 25 November 2020, Accepted 26 November 2020, Available online 30 December 2020, Version of Record 30 December 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101120