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Altmetrics: the movement, the tools, and the implications
Kimberley R. Barker, MLIS Andrea H. Denton, MILS
January 27, 2015
Defining altmetrics J. Priem (@jasonpriem), I like the term
#articlelevelmetrics, but it fails to imply *diversity* of measures. Lately, Im liking altmetrics., 4:28 AM - 29 Sep 10, Tweet
the creation and study of new metrics based on the Social Web for analyzing, and informing scholarship.
http://altmetrics.org/about/
Awareness, not promotion!
Why should you care?
Br J Sports Med doi:10.1136/bjsports-2013-092417
Before altmetrics
Traditional products and measures of academic success
Publications
Conference presentations/posters
Committee work
Number of times your work was cited
Impact Factor and journal rank
H-index
From metrics to altmetrics
Measures
Traditional
Research Products
Trad
itio
nal
- Article - Chapter - Books
Times Cited Impact Factor + Rank
H-index
From metrics to altmetrics
Measures
Traditional New
Research Products
Trad
itio
nal
- Article - Chapter - Books
Times Cited Impact Factor +
Rank H-index
Page Views Downloads
The definition of scholarly output is changing
NSF Publications broadened to Products of Research As of Jan 2013 citable and accessible including but not limited to publications, data sets, software, patents, and copyrights."
From metrics to altmetrics
Measures
Traditional New
Research Products
Tr
adit
ion
al
- Article - Chapter - Books
Times Cited Impact Factor +
Rank H-index
Page Views
N
ew
- Datasets - Blog post - More
None
Downloads
Reblogs
Examples of additional scholarly output/professional contributions
Blogs
Invited Interviews
Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Datasets
Patents
Software
Copyrights
More examples of altmeasuring
Downloads and page views
Track-backs
Tweets and retweets
Links from review services (e.g. Facultyof1000)
Sharing, social bookmarking
Other forces at work
Increasing requirements for open data
Foundation funding (e.g. Gates)
Government funding
Big data
Predatory publishing
Tools
Journal-level tools
Each publisher does it a slightly different way
BMC Medicine
Wiley
Circulation (AHA via Highwire)
BMC Neuroscience via SpringerLink
Early tools for non-traditional products
Measured web views and downloads
Google Analytics
Bit.ly
Spring Metrics
Leading tools for altmetrics
Evolved to address non-traditional scholarship as well as traditional outputs
ImpactStory
Altmetric.com
PlumX
Impactstory
Impactstory is a place to learn and share all the ways your research is making a difference
Jason Priem and Heather Piwowar
Free for 30 days, then $60 a year.
Sample Impactstory Profile
Profile Metrics
Article Details
Altmetric.com
London-based start-up
Funding from Digital Science (LabGuru, FigShare)
Altmetrics widget (donut)
Used by publishers/journals
Nature Publishing, Cell Press
Springer
BioMed Central
BMJ Specialty journals
Nature Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience
Altmetric Explorer
Subscription product monitor, search and measure conversations about your publications and those of your competitors
Pricing options
Altmetric Bookmarklet
Free
Reading a paper and want to find out its Altmetric details? Install the bookmarklet in your browser
When viewing the paper, Altmetric it
Altmetric Bookmarklet
Altmetric Bookmarklet
Plum Analytics
Gathers metrics (altmetrics) about research from more than thirty sources including PLOS, PubMed and YouTube, and categorizes them
PlumX is an institutional impact dashboard that provides information on how research output is being utilized, interacted with, and talked about around the world.
Plum Analytics
PlumX Metric Categories
Usage (downloads, views, ILL)
Captures (favorites, bookmarks)
Mentions (blog posts, news, Wikipedia)
Social Media (tweets, likes)
Citations (PubMed, Scopus, patents)
PlumX in Action
Pitt PlumX dashboard https://plu.mx/pitt/g/
Michael Pinsky, MD https://plu.mx/u/mpinsky
PlumX
PlumX Author Profile
Article View
However
Standards arent fully defined
Definitions, calculations, etc.
NISO effort
Are altmetrics important for discovery? For evaluation? Both?
Issues
Issues
Impact vs. attention
David C.s Improbable Science Why you should ignore altmetrics and other bibliometric nightmares
http://www.dcscience.net/?p=6369
Popularity
Popular topics get higher counts, quickly, but then fade. How does this reflect quality?
Issues
Does social media help promote good science? Or not? (e.g. anti-vaccine)
Altmetrics: worth pursuing? If you think yes
What you can do now
Check what measurements/metrics are available for your articles
Consider deposit of your other products of research
What you can do now
Investigate use of free measurement tools (Altmetric bookmarklet, ImpactStory profile)
Set up social media profiles and lurk
Experiment with low-commitment activities
Example
Choose a journal/database
Find one of your articles
Check the altmetrics
Go to Twitter
Search for your discipline/area of research
See what information has been shared/who is sharing it
Kimberley R. Barker, MLIS [email protected]
Andrea H. Denton, MLIS
Questions?