Introduction to the workshop on altmetrics for research outputs measurement and scholarly information management (AROSIM 2018)

“Altmetrics” refers to novel metrics, often based on social media, for measuring the impact of diverse scholarly objects such as research papers, source code, or datasets. Altmetrics complement traditional metrics, such as bibliometrics, by offering novel data points to give a more holistic understanding of the outreach of research outputs. This increased awareness could help researchers and organizations to better gauge their performance and understand the outreach and impact of their research. Altmetrics is related to diverse research areas such as informetrics, social network analysis, scholarly communication, digital libraries, and information retrieval. This workshop on Altmetrics for Research Outputs Measurement and Scholarly Information Management (AROSIM 2018) aims to give a multi-disciplinary perspective on this new and cutting-edge research area by addressing a range of opportunities, emerging tools and methods, along with other discussion topics in the fields of altmetrics, traditional metrics, and related areas.