What Jeffrey Beall gets wrong about altmetrics
Not long ago, Jason received an email from an Impactstory user, asking him to respond to the anti-altmetrics claims raised by librarian Jeffrey Beall in a blogpost titled, “Article-Level Metrics: An Ill-Conceived and Meretricious Idea.” Beall is well-known for his blog, which he uses to expose predatory journals and publishers that abuse Open Access publishing. …