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Desrtopa comments on Problems with Academia and the Rising Sea - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Desrtopa 24 May 2013 12:32:52AM *  7 points [-]

It is now possible to use the web to measure the quality and impact of an academic output via alternative metrics (altmetrics) such as

How many people downloaded it

How much it has been discussed on Twitter

How many websites link to it

The caliber of the scientists who have recommended it

How many people have saved it in a reference manager like Mendeley or Zotero

All of these except for number 4 are just as susceptible if not more so to optimizing for interestingness or controversy over soundness of research.

Comment author: JonahSinick 24 May 2013 01:33:57AM *  2 points [-]

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