From timeliness to self-citations, much has been written about why citation metrics are flawed — but that is not what this blog post is about. This blog post is about moving the conversation about citations forward to include clinical impact. Clinical research does not get cited as much as basic science. Read More
by Noella Natalino, Product and Content Manager, Plum Analytics This week I attended the FORCE11 Conference in my hometown of Portland, OR. Since then, I have been thinking about personal/professional evolution and story-telling, inspired by Cesar Hidalgo’s talk, Read More
Against the Grain is a publication “linking publishers, vendors & librarians.” In a recent issue they published an article titled, “Altmetrics: Documenting the Story of Research” by: Lauren B. Collister, Read More
(Update: we now have an audit log as referenced in question Q5 below. The audit log can be found here. This post and the audit log have been updated as of October 15, 2018.) We’ve enjoyed working with NISO on the NISO Altmetrics Initiative since it began in June of 2013. Read More
Finding new funding for research is critical for researchers and those who support them in order for their research to continue. Yet, they are often frustrated with the tools available to help them. The key is striking the right balance between casting a wide net and providing relevant opportunities that are suitable based on a researcher’s history and current research focus. Read More
On January 12, 2016, President Obama held his final State of the Union speech. In this speech he committed the United States to a “cancer moonshot.” Click here to view an excerpt of that part of the speech from CNN. Read More
At Plum Analytics we often talk about telling the story of research. We mean many things by that. One of the things we mean is to use modern metrics to understand how your institution compares to its peers and leaders in any research field. Read More
We love to read how our customers describe our products. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a PlumX Dashboards customer, has written an excellent LibGuide about this product. One clever thing they did on their LibGuide page was to embed the PlumX Group Level Widget. Read More
by Stephan Buettgen, Director Analytic Products Sales Europe, Plum Analytics I was fortunate enough to attend the 2016 ISMPP Europe Meeting this week in London. (ISMPP stands for International Society of Medical Publication Professionals.) It was a great event where Plum Analytics had the chance to reconnect with the medical and pharmaceutical community, Read More
