SPEC Kit 346: Scholarly Output Assessment Activities · 109
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Introduction to Altmetrics for STEM Librarians
http://www.slideshare.net/lmgalloway/introductionto-altmetrics-062013
4/27/15
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Meaningful Interac�ons
CiteULike
Delicious
F1000
GitHub
Mendeley
SlideShare
Twi�er
Zotero
What is tracked??
Discussions
Saves
Cita�ons
Recommenda�ons
Downloads
Copies
Altmetrics measures diverse impacts from
ar�cles, datasets, blog posts, slide shows, etc.
Altmetric Tools
track readership & influence
CiteULike permits users to store, organize and
share scholarly papers
F1000
is a subscrip�on-‐based recommenda�on
service for curated ar�cles in biology and
medicine.
Google Scholar Cita�ons is a service that allows
authors to track their publica�ons and influence
using Google Scholar metrics.
Altmetric Tools
track readership & influence
Mendeley is a free reference manager and social
network that was recently acquired by Elsevier.
Mendeley is described as “one of the world’s
largest crowd-‐sourced research catalogs”
Zotero is a robust and growing cita�on
management and sharing resource.
Collaborators can share libraries of references,
etc.
Make Sense of the Diversity of
Research Outputs
Use an aggregator!
Harvest data
Automa�c updates
Showcase scholarly influence
Put it all together…
with Altmetric Aggregators
ImpactStory, aggregates data from research products
including ar�cles, datasets, blog posts, PowerPoint
presenta�ons and more; free, open source and open
access
Altmetric.com Subscrip�on business solu�on that
collects data about an individual ar�cle and supplies this
data to publishers who present the info. to readers &
authors.
Plum Analy�cs commercial product -‐ measures influence
using five categories; usage, captures, men�ons, social
media, and cita�ons. Marketed to libraries.
ImpactStory
