LAS MÉTRICAS ALTERNATIVAS Y SUS POTENCIALIDADES PARA EL PROFESIONAL DE LA SALUD

Currently, research processes are increasingly collaborative, and communication between academics and researchers is developed through spaces of social exchange that speeds the diffusion of scientific knowledge. In recent years, doctors and health professionals have also begun a migration to online environments, where interactions such as lectures, discussions and recommendations of scientific papers are traces that reveal the influence, attention and impact of research, which constitute new metrics that offer original and immediate information on the repercussion and scope of scientific production. This article aims to offer a brief review of the potential offered by the altmetrics or alternative metrics for the health professional academic activity, as necessary tools in the modern research career.