Altmetric’s Top 100: What Does It All Mean?
Altmetric’s annual top 100 list provides an opportunity to see what science reached the general public and to think more about what information altmetrics really provide.
Guest Post: Phill Jones on The Changing Role of the Postdoc and Why Publishers Should Care
Guest Chef Phill Jones takes a look at an often under-recognized population of researchers and suggests why publishers should give them more attention.
Going to the Beach with a Public Intellectual
This year’s beach reading will be spent with books by public intellectuals. Unfortunately, writing for the general public is not valued within the academy, to the detriment of public education.
Interview with Thomson Reuters: InCites Platform Offers New Analytics and Transparency
Thomson Reuters launched a new platform called InCites last week. The platform combines Journal Citation Reports with the Essential Science Indicators. In this Q&A, Patricia Brennan from Thomson Reuters describes the new platform and new additions that answer concerns from critics.
NISO Vets Research on Altmetrics
NISO has released the results of their year long study of Altmetrics in draft form for comment.
Altmetrics: Mistaking the Means for the End
Should attention metrics play any role whatsoever in researcher assessment?
When a Scholar is One Among 500, What Does it Mean to be "An Author"?
Last week, an editorial in Nature highlighted the problem of the proliferating number of authors on papers. Following a 2012 symposium at Harvard University, a small group has proposed a taxonomy of contributor roles that would add details to an author list and have tested that among a group of authors. Scholarly publishers should consider adopting this taxonomy to improve the accuracy and granularity to improve attribution and the assignment of credit.
The Measurement of the Thing: Thinking About Metrics, Altmetrics and How to Beat Goodhart's Law
Can machine readable articles, built on author/editor/publisher curated declarative statements and the associated data (or links thereto), be a way of generating metrics that get us nearer to a ‘standard candle’ of scientific research output?
Altmetrics Boosted by EBSCO's Acquisition of Plum Analytics
EBSCO has recently acquired altmetrics startup Plum Analytics. What will this mean for both companies and altmetrics in general?
Stick to Your Ribs: Altmetrics — Replacing the Impact Factor Is Not the Only Point
Revisiting Todd Carpenter’s 2012 post on the value of altmetrics.
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Standards, Standards, Standards
Scholarly Kitchen chef Todd Carpenter discusses technical standards in today’s scholarly-publishing landscape, and what’s on the horizon.
Driving Altmetrics Performance Through Marketing — A New Differentiator for Scholarly Journals?
Does the rise of altmetrics mean a shift in the journal publishing landscape where marketing and publicity efforts surrounding articles take precedence?
Visualizing Article Performance — Altmetrics Searches for Appropriate Display
The design and construction of article performance measures can reveal deeply held biases.
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Jeffrey Beall on "Predatory Open Access"
Librarian Jeffrey Beall talks about his list of predatory open access journals, the potential pitfalls of article-level metrics, and more.
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Bibliometrics in an Age of Abundance
Chef Phil Davis discusses the current state of the art in analysis of citation, usage, and other information sources, and some of the opportunities and challenges for bibliometrics in a data-rich era.