PlumX’s Facebook Altmetrics – Measure Up!

If you look only at public comments on Facebook for a piece of research, you’re cheating yourself. The real news is in the total volume of all Facebook interactions. We’re not talking about a whisper campaign – it’s simply this: If you’re not seeing the full altmetrics picture, Read More

Mount Sinai, Social Media & Plum Analytics – Oh My!

In a recent blog post from Mount Sinai, they reported results of an analysis they performed about social media and 7,000 articles authored by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai authors from 2012 – 2014 using PlumX Dashboards. Read More

“To Tweet or Not To Tweet?” Is Not the Question

  Do academics today have to participate actively in social media to stay relevant? While some are skeptical of the value of metrics like blog mentions, tweets and facebook likes being used to measure academic impact, it’s undeniable that academic conversations are increasingly moving online.   Read More