Getting Started: Metrics Toolkit
The Metrics Toolkit is designed to help researchers navigate the variety of metrics available.
Sections (descriptions from Metrics Toolkit website):
- Explore Metrics: Explore the metrics dashboard to learn more about specific metrics, and what they do and do not measure.
- Choose Metrics: Choose the right metrics for demonstrating your research impact or evaluating impact of specific outputs.
The toolkit provides an overview of 28 research impact metrics. All the descriptions include information on the limitations of each metric and examples of appropriate and inappropriate uses of them.
Getting Started: Altmetric Bookmarklet
Altmetric.com is a service that tracks tweets, blog posts, news stories and other content mentioning scholarly articles. It assigns attention scores based on that activity.
Many scholarly publishers integrate Altmetric.com data into their journals' websites. The information is displayed as a multicolored badge or "donut."
While most Altmetric.com products are intended for publishers or institutions and require a subscription, the Bookmarklet is free for individuals. Install it in Chrome, Firefox, or Safari to view the Altmetric information on any article on a compatible website.
Note: Altmetric.com is not affiliated with Altmetrics.org. No single site, including either of those, is the "official" or "proprietary" source for Altmetrics.
Getting Started: SHAREOK
The university's institutional repository, SHAREOK, includes Altmetric data. By posting your published works to the repository, you will gain the ability to view continuously updated details on their Altmetrics. You can also sign up to receive emails when Altmetric detects activity mentioning your work.
Web of Science: Item Level Usage Counts
Web of Science tracks use of items across all databases.
Two usage counts are reported: usage since 2013 and usage in the last 180 days.
Use counts include:
- Click-throughs to full-text
- Exports to citation managers
- Exports of article record
Use counts do not include:
- Batch exports
- API usage
- "Bot" activities
Publishers
Many publishers provide Altmetrics for the articles published on their websites, either by collecting the data themselves or by partnering with one of the Altmetric aggregators. A partial list follows; if you are aware of other publishers that should be included, please email Molly Strothmann.
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ElsevierSelected Elsevier journals integrate the Altmetric badge into their articles' pages.
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Oxford University PressOxford University Press journals include extensive article-level metrics, including Altmetric data and usage statistics provided by HighWire.
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PLoS Article Level MetricsPublic Library of Science's ALMs provide a suite of metrics that measure the overall performance and reach of published research articles. Articles published in all the PLoS journals have extensive ALMs available on the "metrics" tab.
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Taylor and FrancisTaylor and Francis articles have article metrics including the number of page views and the number of citations (from Web of Science, CrossRef, and Scopus). Taylor and Francis also partners with Altmetric.com to incorporate the Altmetric badge on each article's page.
Other Resources and Tools
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Academia.eduAcademia.edu is a platform for academics to share and follow research papers and to view analytics.
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Impact StoryImpact Story allows users to build profiles to track their own publications' metrics.
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MendeleyA reference manager and academic social network, Mendeley allows researchers to interact with colleagues and track some metrics on the use of their work.
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Plum AnalyticsPlum Analytics provides an extensive variety of metrics in the categories of usage, mentions, captures, social media, and citations. It is primarily intended for institutional use and requires a subscription.
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ResearchGateResearchGate is a network for scientists to share their work and increase its visibility. It tracks views, downloads, and citations.