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What are Alternative Metrics?
Alternative metrics (altmetrics) are public engagement indicators that measure interactions with publications in non-scholarly venues like blogs, tweets, article downloads, and shares.
Altmetrics can help researchers to tell a story about how people are engaging with their research outside of traditional academic paths such as citations and conferences. Altmetrics, such as mentions of research articles in YouTube videos, Wikipedia pages, tweets, or major news outlets, provide a qualitative complement to traditional quantitative measures like citation counts.
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PaperbuzzEnter a paper's DOI to see how a paper is being talked about online. Note that results are incomplete for articles published before 2017.
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ImpactStory ProfilesTrack your buzz on Twitter, blogs, news outlets and more.
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Plum AnalyticsNow owned by Elsevier and integrated into their platforms, Plum Analytics gathers data about usage of data sets, open access publications, presentations, blogs, and other types of scholarly communication.
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Snowball MetricsA research metrics initiative led by research universities around the world working to establish global standards to enable institutional benchmarking. The University of Michigan is a member of the Snowball Metrics United States Working Group.
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Altmetric ExplorerBrowse, search, and query "mentions" on the web of publications etc. by researchers at U-M and elsewhere. Once in the database, create a personal account in order to export results and save searches and alerts.
Highlighed Resource: Altmetric Explorer for Institutions
Altmetric Explorer for Institutions tracks attention around your research publications in social media, news, and policy resources.
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Altmetric ExplorerBrowse, search, and query "mentions" on the web of publications etc. by researchers at U-M and elsewhere. Once in the database, create a personal account in order to export results and save searches and alerts.
Alternative Metrics for Research Impact: Getting Started with Altmetric Explorer
In this video, Tyler Nix gives a brief overview of altmetrics and demonstrates the resource Altmetric Explorer for Institutions.
This webinar was initially presented live via Zoom on May 29, 2020.
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Altmetric ExplorerBrowse, search, and query "mentions" on the web of publications etc. by researchers at U-M and elsewhere. Once in the database, create a personal account in order to export results and save searches and alerts.
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Altmetric Explorer Webinar TranscriptFull, accurate transcript from the video featured above on the topic of using Altmetric Explorer.