Here at PlumTM Analytics we were happy to learn that Library Journal selected PlumX as the Most Ambitious Database of 2013 in their annual roundup of award-winning databases. Library Journal compared the winners to movie studios with Plum Analytics equated to a producer of an Indie film, Read More
We participated in a free Research Information webcast about Measuring Impact with Altmetrics on October 14th. Here is the description of the webcast: Altmetrics is a major buzz word at the moment and many publishers and others are experimenting with adding additional impact information to their papers. Read More
Last week Mike participated in the first meeting of the NISO meeting on Altmetrics, and I then presented at the PLOS Article Level Metrics (ALM) workshop that took place on the following two days at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Read More
I had the pleasure of attending the VIVO conference in St. Louis of the first time this year. I think one thing that is remarkable about the VIVO community is how much it truly is a welcoming group. From the weekly implementation calls to the face-to-face conference, Read More
PlumX was just reviewed in Library Journal by Bonnie Swoger of SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library. There is also an interview of Andrea and Mike by Etta Thornton-Verma. Visit our Press page to see more articles about Plum Analytics, Read More
We had a great time meeting people and speaking at several recent conferences including STM, SSP, CLA, and SLA. Here are links to the presentations: Mike’s flashtalk at STM: Introducing PlumX Andrea at SSP: Metrics 2.0 – It’s about Time….and People Mike at the Canadian Library Association with Christina Hwang, Read More
Measuring the impact scholarly research beyond traditional citation counts and impact factors is becoming more important. In a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, author Jennifer Howard spoke to Plum Analytics’ Mike Buschman about how tracking newer metrics can help keep libraries in the research game. Read More
Today I saw a great infographic about Twitter and Science publications. You can read about the background of it here. In addition to the compelling graphic itself, something that I found interesting, was that the creator of the infographic only shared it directly on twitter to begin with. Read More
We are amazed at how quickly altmetrics has turned from a “fringe” topic to one that is on everyone’s mind. This is evidenced by how many people are writing and talking about it just in the past month alone. We want to share some of the most interesting of these articles so you can keep up with this emerging area. Read More
