Altmetrics: Measuring Engagement with Contemporary Leisure Scholarship. (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schultz, Callie Spencer; McKeown, Janet K. L.; Wynn, David
• Is Part Of: Leisure sciences. Volume 42:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 123
• Page End: 131
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: analytics -- alternative metrics -- public scholar -- social media -- Twitter; Leisure -- Periodicals; 306.4812
• DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2019.1682727
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0149-0400

Abstract

Abstract: Tweet: #Altmetrics can shape how #leisure scholars think about sharing #research for greater public impact @LeisureSciences. Altmetrics, or "alternative metrics" measure scholarly and public engagement with scholarship through traditional metrics (e.g., citation counts) and contemporary metrics (e.g., mentions on social media and news outlets in real time). Since their emergence in 2010, they now play a role in the tenure process and factor into how scholars write articles and engage with social media to increase public consumption of their research (bridging the public/ivory tower/practitioner divide). In this research note, we describe altmetrics and answer some questions surrounding them. Questions we explore include: What are altmetrics? How are they calculated? What are the benefits of measuring scholarship in this way? What tensions exist in measuring scholarship in this way? How can leisure scholars engage with altmetrics? And why should leisure scholars/studies care about altmetrics?