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Moragas-Fernandez, Carlota M.Corresponding AuthorCapdevila-Gomez, ArantxaAuthor
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Constructing influence on Twitter facing the announcement of the Referendum Law in Catalonia

Publicated to:Profesional De La Informacion. 28 (3): e280320- - 2019-05-01 28(3), DOI: 10.3145/epi.2019.may.20

Authors: Moragas-Fernandez, Carlota M; Grau-Masot, Josep-Maria; Capdevila-Gomez, Arantxa

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Univ Rovira & Virgili, Dept Estudios Comunicac, Av Catalunya 35, Tarragona 43002, Spain - Author

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Keywords
Anàlisi de xarxes socialsCataloniaCatalunyaComunicació políticaEsfera públicaInfluencersMetàforesMetaphorPolarizationPolitical communicationPublic issuesSocial mediaSocial networksSocial networks analysisTwitterVirtual public sphere

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Profesional De La Informacion due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Cultural Studies.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 3.59, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Apr 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-04-30, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 6
  • Google Scholar: 12
  • OpenCitations: 4
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-04-30:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 12.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 19 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.9.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5818642
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Moragas Fernández, Carlota Maria) and Last Author (Capdevila Gómez, Aranzazu Maria).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Moragas Fernández, Carlota Maria.