By the Numbers: Bibliometrics and Altmetrics as Measures of Faculty Impact in the Field of Religion

Beth M. Sheppard
2015 Theological Librarianship  
Citation analysis is a staple in the sciences for measuring the impact of faculty members' output, but heavy reliance on monographs as a vehicle of scholarly communication diminished the value of bibliometrics in theological disciplines. The digital revolution, however, created a seismic shift for citation analysis and has given rise to altmetrics. Overviews of altmetrics and bibliometrics are provided and a series of questions posed to encourage ongoing discussions about the value of these tools in theological contexts.
doi:10.31046/tl.v8i2.357 fatcat:nsahtkm35rgyzct2yaa5dc6wfm