Author, as appears in the article.: Lora AV; Andreu MGNL

Department: Geografia

URV's Author/s: Nel·lo Andreu, Marta Gemma / Viana Lora, Alba

Keywords: Tourism Societal impact Social media Social impact of research Productive interactions Impact assessment Altmetric

Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. Alternative metrics are increasingly used to measure the social impact of research. This article seeks to analyze the social impact of research in the field of tourism. For this purpose, we will determine the extent to which the articles in this field reach society by examining the scores they achieve on social media and studying the correlation between scientific impact and social impact. Altmetric information will be used for data extraction and analysis. The results show a low correlation between citations and the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), as well as a presence that is not captured by most publications in the field of study. Interestingly, publications with higher AASs are concentrated in the same journals. The article concludes by determining that alternative metrics can be used to complement academic impact but cannot be a substitute for it. Further progress is needed in the development of a framework that unifies both impacts.

Research group: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Medicina i Management, monitoring, policy and law Interdisciplinar Historia Hardware and architecture Green & sustainable science & technology Geography, planning and development Geografía Geociências Environmental studies Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Energy engineering and power technology Education Computer science (miscellaneous) Computer networks and communications Ciências agrárias i Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 19370709

Author's mail: alba.viana@urv.cat martagemma.nello@urv.cat martagemma.nello@urv.cat alba.viana@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-0437-4056 0000-0002-0437-4056

Record's date: 2023-08-05

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/10/4299

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Sustainability. 12 (10):

APA: Lora AV; Andreu MGNL (2020). Alternative metrics for assessing the social impact of tourism research. Sustainability, 12(10), -. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104299

Article's DOI: 10.3390/su12104299

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications