Transcript Altmetric Explorer

Introduction to
the Altmetric
Explorer
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Job title
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@yourtwitterhandle
altmetricexplorer.com
In this session, we’ll cover…
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Introduction to altmetrics
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Altmetric tools
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Altmetric Explorer
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Publisher examples of using altmetrics data
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Further help
By the end of this session…
You’ll have:
• A clear understanding of altmetrics and how to use them
• How to identify research with attention using Altmetric’s tools
• Practical ideas and examples of using altmetrics data
• Know where to get further help
Part 1:
Introduction to altmetrics
What are altmetrics?
o Attention to research outputs in non-traditional sources, e.g. policy
documents, news, blogs and social media
o Indicators of research impact
o Help understand how research is being received and used
o Complementary to traditional citation-based analysis
ACADEMIC
ATTENTION
Journal Impact Factor
Citation counts
H-index
Number of publications
Traditional
Traditional metrics
bibliometrics
BROADER
ATTENTION
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Mentions in news reports
References in policy
Mentions in social media
Wikipedia citations
Reference manager
readers… etc.
Alternative metrics
“altmetrics”
Why altmetrics?
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Real-time, immediate feedback on attention to
scholarly content
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Track attention to a broad range of research outputs,
e.g. articles, posters, data sets, working papers
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Showcase attention to a research output beyond
academia
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Provide a more coherent understanding of research
attention
Interpreting altmetrics data
Attention: e.g. RTs, shares
Engagement: Analysis,
discussion, reviews
Impact: e.g. shapes
policy, influences
working practices
Part 2: How are
publishers using
altmetrics?
Monitor popular outputs
Marketing and Editorial: What’s popular across your content this week? Why
is it being mentioned? Re-post to social media channels, provide value to
existing authors, identify key authors to invite in a specific field.
Benchmark marketing campaigns
Marketing: How successful are your marketing campaigns? Is your content being
picked up in the news? Identify areas for development and help identify new
markets/readership.
Before
After
Current awareness for academic editors
Editorial: Provide academic editors with summaries on the top papers in their
journal, discipline or across competitor journals.
Keep track of the
most popular
papers in a
specific discipline.
Inform sales activities
Sales: Provide guidance for sales reps on markets and institutions potentially
interested in a particular journal.
Search by
affiliation
and journal
Identify key opinion leaders
Editorial: Understand and identify online communities such as bloggers and
regular tweeters discussing your content
Understanding
different online
communities will
help you reach
them more
effectively.
Monitor competitor journals
Use ‘journal view’
to see which
journals received
the most
attention over a
set time period.
Use badges in marketing material
1. Right-click on a donut in the
Altmetric Explorer and save the
image.
2. Insert the static donut into an
e-mail newsletter.
3. Link to the corresponding
Altmetric article details page:
http://www.altmetric.com/details
.php?citation_id=xxxxx
The link can be found
by clicking “Open
report in new tab”
under “Actions” in the
Explorer pop-out.
Part 3:
Altmetric Tools
Altmetric in numbers: mentions and shares
Each day, we track
~44,000 new
mentions of research
across sources incl.
social media, news,
and policy docs.
That’s 1 mention
every 2 seconds!
Mentions range in
complexity, from
quick shares to
comprehensive
reviews.
Altmetric data, March 2015
Each week,
~50k
unique items
are shared.
18m
mentions of
~4m scholarly
outputs
What sources does Altmetric track?
Social media
and blogs
News outlets
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Over 1,300 sites
Manually curated list
Text mining
Global coverage
• Twitter, Facebook,
Google+
• Public posts only
• Manually curated list
Reference
managers
• Mendeley, CiteULike
• Reader counts
• Don’t count towards the
Altmetric score
Other sources
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Wikipedia
YouTube
Reddit
F1000
Pinterest
Q&A
Post-publication
peer review
• Publons
• PubPeer
Policy documents
• NICE Evidence
• Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change
• Many more…
How does Altmetric aggregate online attention?
Follow a list of
sources.
E.g. blogs, news, policy
documents, social media.
Search for links
to papers.
Automatically link
searching and text
mining.
Collecting attention data
Reporting attention data
Collate
attention.
Disambiguation of
mentioned items across
different versions.
Display data in
“Altmetric details
pages”.
Altmetric Details Page.
All research outputs with
mentions have an Altmetric
Details Page in our
database.
The Altmetric Bookmarklet
The free Bookmarklet lets you instantly
retrieve altmetrics data for any article.
To install, go to: http://altmetric.it
The Altmetric Badges
Donut
Standard badges
Scoreless donut
Scoreless bar
Altmetric Details Pages
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See all the conversations and mentions.
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Monitor mentions in the mainstream news.
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Estimate attention with the “Altmetric score”.
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What is the Altmetric donut?
The Altmetric donut visualizes which are sources discussing an item.
In the Altmetric Explorer, hover the cursor over the donut visualization to
see the appropriate legend for an item.
Each source is colour coded:
What is the Altmetric score of attention?
The Altmetric score provides an indicator of the attention surrounding a
research output.
It represents a weighted approximation of all the attention we’ve picked up for a
research output and is is calculated according to three facets:
Volume
Sources
Authors
The score for an article rises as
more people mention it.
Each source category
contributes a different base
amount to the final score.
How often the author of each
mention talks about scholarly
articles influences the
contribution of the mention.
Read more about the score here: altmetric.com/blog/scoreanddonut/
Part 3: Altmetric
Explorer
The Altmetric Explorer
The Altmetric Explorer tool can be used to filter and browse through attention for over
four million scholarly articles.
Browse through the attention for
all mentioned papers.
Compare the altmetrics performance of
different journals.
1. Browsing articles
Browse all articles
we’ve ever
tracked. Export or
change views.
2. Applying filters
Narrow your timeframe, e.g. mentioned in the last week.
Search by keyword, e.g. by title or “phrase search”.
Search by journal title/s.
Choose a publisher or DOI prefix.
Next filter
and refine
your
search…
Select a source, e.g. mentioned in the News.
Go!
2. Activity feed
Monitor a realtime feed of
mentions
3. Saving to My Workspaces
Sign up for
search alerts
and export
Altmetric Explorer
demo
Live demo!
And finally…
What can the data tell you?
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What type of attention is this research
receiving?
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Where has this article received the most
traction?
Which countries are engaging most with
the content?
Has this article influenced policy, spurred
new research, or engaged a new audience?
Are reactions to this article positive or negative?
Remember that the numbers don’t tell
you…
Quality of the paper
Quality of the researchers
Whole story
Questions?
E-mail: Your email address
Twitter: @yourtwitterhandle
Website: altmetric.com
www.altmetricexplorer.com