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The Altmetrics of Henk Moed’s Publications

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Henk Moed’s scientific works are well known. He is a prolific author whose publications have been highly cited through the years. With hundreds of publications indexed in various databases, his profile features thousands of citations and a high h-index. Henk’s work includes collaborations with over 60 authors from 30 countries spanning across continents including Europe, America, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Australia. Henk published in 31 different journals covering a variety of disciplines such as computer science, engineering, decision sciences and of course, social sciences which include bibliometrics, scientometrics and informetrics. Citations information about Henk’s work can easily be found on Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar. However, not a lot is known about the altmetric impact of his work. This chapter will focus on some of the main altmetric indicators of Henk’s work including usage (downloads, views etc.), readership, and social media attention. The results shed light on how his publications are viewed, read, shared and tweeted about not only by professionals, but also by students, research policy makers, scientist and the wider public interested in research assessment and other topics in which Henk published so far.

Written in her honor by Gali Halevi.

Prof. Judit Bar-Ilan passed away in July 2019 after a long battle with cancer. Among her unfinished works, she left behind an outline of the book chapter she intended to write for Henk’s honorary manuscript. Based on the outline and book chapter proposal, I took it upon myself to finish her work, knowing she would have liked to contribute to this book.

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  1. Department of Information Science, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Judit Bar-Ilan (Deceased) & Gali Halevi

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    Cinzia Daraio

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    Wolfgang Glänzel

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Bar-Ilan (Deceased), J., Halevi, G. (2020). The Altmetrics of Henk Moed’s Publications. In: Daraio, C., Glänzel, W. (eds) Evaluative Informetrics: The Art of Metrics-Based Research Assessment . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47665-6_15

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