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What is Almterics?
Tools
Using Almetric Bookmarklet
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Altmetrics: Altmetrics
What is Almterics?
Altmetrics refer to "alternative metrics" or
"article-level metrics." As the internet accelerated dissemination of
scholarly work, scholars wanted a way to evaluate a work's impact beyond
the more traditional methods of citation counts and journal impact
factors. Altmetrics attempts to fill that gap by using social media
mentions, link backs, blogs, news outlet coverage, and other web metrics
to measure the impact of a particular work. Altmetrics are especially
well suited to datasets and types of scholarly work not covered by
traditional metrics. As with other metrics, the Altmetric score doesn't
necessarily tell you anything about the quality of the individual
publication. It's always best to review the publication yourself and
investigate mentions as need be.
"article-level metrics." As the internet accelerated dissemination of
scholarly work, scholars wanted a way to evaluate a work's impact beyond
the more traditional methods of citation counts and journal impact
factors. Altmetrics attempts to fill that gap by using social media
mentions, link backs, blogs, news outlet coverage, and other web metrics
to measure the impact of a particular work. Altmetrics are especially
well suited to datasets and types of scholarly work not covered by
traditional metrics. As with other metrics, the Altmetric score doesn't
necessarily tell you anything about the quality of the individual
publication. It's always best to review the publication yourself and
investigate mentions as need be.
Tools
Journals published by Springer, Wiley, Nature Publishing Group,
and select Elsevier publications are now including altmetric tabs on
individual articles.
and select Elsevier publications are now including altmetric tabs on
individual articles.
- Almetric BookmarkletFree bookmarklet that displays cites, saves, links, and social media mentions for individual articles.
- Impact StoryA
paid subscription designed for individual authors. Includes metrics for
data sets, slide decks, websites, and other nontraditional publications. - Nature Publishing GroupAll journals in the Nature Publishing Group have a tab for article level metrics powered by Almetric.com
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS provides their own article level metrics for all publications.
- Publish or PerishA downloadable software program that uses Google Scholar data to create a impact profile for individual authors.
In USC Libraries Main Search option
an Altmetric button will now appear if/when there is altmetric data
available for a given publication. By mousing-over the altmetric button
you will see what online activity or attention the work has received. In
addition, each of the platforms/sites listed is linked to
a ProQuest/Altmetric website (that opens in a new page) which includes a
list of the mentions for you to explore:
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If you click on the button a new page will open taking you to a joint ProQuest/Altmetric website that
includes more detailed information (demographics, geography of
mention,and an option to set up alerts if/when this publication is
mentioned in the future). This button will also show up on the Find It @
USC Sidebar and Results Pages if there is data available.
an Altmetric button will now appear if/when there is altmetric data
available for a given publication. By mousing-over the altmetric button
you will see what online activity or attention the work has received. In
addition, each of the platforms/sites listed is linked to
a ProQuest/Altmetric website (that opens in a new page) which includes a
list of the mentions for you to explore:
If you click on the button a new page will open taking you to a joint ProQuest/Altmetric website that
includes more detailed information (demographics, geography of
mention,and an option to set up alerts if/when this publication is
mentioned in the future). This button will also show up on the Find It @
USC Sidebar and Results Pages if there is data available.
Using Almetric Bookmarklet
Altmetric Bookmarklet
can be used in Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari. It is a free bookmark
tool from Altmetric.org which creates other products for analyzing
almetrics through paid subscriptions.Clicking the bookmarklet will
display a colorful wheel containing the article score and additional
information about where it was mentioned.
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can be used in Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari. It is a free bookmark
tool from Altmetric.org which creates other products for analyzing
almetrics through paid subscriptions.Clicking the bookmarklet will
display a colorful wheel containing the article score and additional
information about where it was mentioned.
- The Bookmarklet only works on pages containing a DOI
- It only supports publishers who embed Google Scholar friendly citation metadata on their pages by default
- Twitter mentions are only available for articles published since July 2011
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