Societal Impact Measurement of Research Papers

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  title={Societal Impact Measurement of Research Papers},
  author={Lutz Bornmann and Robin Haunschild},
  booktitle={Springer Handbook of Science and Technology Indicators},
  year={2019},
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This chapter presents an overview of the literature in the area of societal impact measurement of scientific papers and discusses the role of alternative metrics (altmetrics) in measuring societal impact.
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