Robin Featherstone, MLIS Research Librarian, Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta @rmfeatherstone http:// www.slideshare.net/featherr Altmetrics for Showing Research Impact http://www.ualberta.ca/ARCHE/ @arche4evidence 21 Nov 2014
Presentation to academic librarians in Alberta given November 21, 2014. Part of a panel presentation on research impact measurements.
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Robin Featherstone, MLISResearch Librarian, Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta@rmfeatherstonehttp://www.slideshare.net/featherr
• I have had free access to the Altmetric.com Explorer since September 2013
Altmetrics (AKA Social Media Metrics, Alternative Assessment Metrics) …
[…] capture ways in which articles are disseminated throughout the expanding scholarly ecosystem, and reach beyond the scope of traditional trackers and filters.
[…] measure research impact by including references outside of traditional scholarly publishing.
1. Public Library of Science (PLOS). Altmetrics. [29 April 2014]. Available from http://article-level-metrics.plos.org/alt-metrics/
2. Baynes G. Scientometrics, bibliometrics, altmetrics: Some introductory advice for the lost and bemused. Insights. 2012;25(3):311-5. doi: 10.1629/2048-7754.25.3.311.
Altmetric tools measure data collected from:• Tweets
• Blog mentions
• Facebook posts
• Presentations
• News articles
• Shared citations (e.g., Mendeley, CiteULike)
• Data uploads
• Etc.
BIG DATA
Relevant for Research Evaluation?
• Datasets
• Conference posters
• Theses & dissertations
• Lectures, online classes
• Software
• “Nanopublications”
What’s your impact1?
1. Emerald Group Publishing. Impact of Research [11 April 2014]. Available from: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/impact/index.htmhttp://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/07/14/publishers-measuring-impact/