Altmetrics for Eurekometrics

Abstract

Scientometrics is no longer simply the domain of the analysis at the level of the publication. Due to the advent of vast computational resources and storage capacity available to scientists and automated science [1–4] , there is now the potential for a new type of scientific measurement: quantitatively examining scientific discoveries themselves. This study of discoveries, rather than simply scientific publications, offers the opportunity to understand science at a deeper level. In a previous paper, this discovery-based approach to scientometrics, which we termed eurekometrics, was explored [5]. Here I briefly explore eurekometrics and its potential growth, as well as how eurekometrics and discoveries can be integrated into the altmetrics framework.