Ashraf Maleki

Ashraf Maleki is a senior researcher at University of Turku, where she investigated applicability of online social media metrics/altmetrics for assessment of scholarly publications.

Her work focuses on how research spreads across various online platforms, such as social media, policy documents, and news media. She is currently involved in the [un]reliable science project, which investigates how retracted scientific publications circulate in the media and how journalistic practices influence the public understanding of scientific reliability. Her research combines bibliometrics, altmetrics, and large-scale text analysis to study how scientific information gains attention and impact. Her recent studies examine where certain retracted studies receive extensive media attention, how different retraction reasons relate to news coverage, and what different news outlets do about the communication of scientific uncertainty. Her current work contributes to improving responsible science communication, research evaluation practices, and media literacy regarding scientific findings.