NISO Releases Altmetrics Definitions and Use Cases for Public Comment

Second out of three draft recommendations from the NISO Altmetrics Initiative is now available for input from stakeholders. The draft is an output of the NISO Altmetrics Initiative, a two-phase project aiming to address limitations and gaps that may hinder the adoption of altmetrics, an expansion of tools available for measuring scholarly impact of research in the knowledge environment. The draft Recommended Practice is open for public comments through April 20, 2016.