Could scientists use Altmetric.com scores to predict longer term citation counts?

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Highlights：

• Altmetric.com scores from the publication year can help to predict future citation counts.

• Mendeley is the strongest altmetric for predicting future citation counts.

• Altmetric.com scores show evidence of multidimensionality, even for narrow fields.

摘要

•Altmetric.com scores from the publication year can help to predict future citation counts.•Mendeley is the strongest altmetric for predicting future citation counts.•Altmetric.com scores show evidence of multidimensionality, even for narrow fields.

论文关键词：Altmetrics,Altmetric.com,Mendeley,Scientometrics,Journal impact factors

论文评审过程：Received 3 November 2017, Revised 17 December 2017, Accepted 15 January 2018, Available online 30 January 2018, Version of Record 30 January 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2018.01.008