Plum Analytics Metrics Audit Log

The following table is an audit log of how sources in PlumX have been changing.  This is as described in our response to the NISO Altmetrics Working Group on Data Quality.  This table is referenced in the PlumX Code of Conduct Report.  You can also read more about our work with NISO here.

Metric Source(s) Change Description Effective Date
Mentions: Q&A Site Mentions Stack Exchange Removed Q&A Site Mentions Metrics November 22, 2023
Usage: Abstract Views, Downloads, Full-Text Views and Link-Outs; Captures: Exports/Saves EBSCO Removed historical EBSCO Metrics November 22, 2023
Social Media: Tweets and Retweets Twitter Removed Twitter Metrics August 31, 2023
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Turkish Wikipedia References August 16, 2023
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Polish Wikipedia References July 26, 2023
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Persian Wikipedia References May 31, 2023
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Italian Wikipedia References April 26, 2023
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Russian and Ukrainian Wikipedia References March 15, 2023
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Dutch Wikipedia References January 4, 2023
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added French Wikipedia References December 21, 2022
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Eqyptian Arabic and Japanese Wikipedia References October 30, 2022
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Chinese Wikipedia References March 30, 2022
Citations: Policy Citations Overton.io Added policy citations October 13, 2021
Usage: Views, Downloads Mendeley Data Added data set views and downloads from Mendeley Data November 9, 2020
Citations: Clinical Citations DynaMed Plus Topics Historical data only. November 1, 2020
Usage: Abstract Views, Downloads, Full-Text Views and Link-Outs; Captures: Exports/Saves EBSCO Historical data only. November 1, 2020
Usage: Holdings OCLC WorldCat Holdings reinstated June 17, 2020
Citations: Citation Indexes Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) Added CSCD citation counts June 17, 2020
Citations: Patent Families EPO, IPO, JPO, USPTO, WIPO Added patent family citations from the European Patent Office (EPO), Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (IPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), July 17, 2020
Citations: Citation Indexes Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) Added CSCD citation counts June 17, 2020
Usage: Plays Digital Commons Added Digital Commons streaming plays May 27, 2020
Mentions: References Wikpedia Added German Wikipedia references to research January 15, 2020
Usage: Abstract Views, Downloads, Full-text Views: Airiti iRead eBooks Added ebook usage in 3 metric areas July 24, 2019
Mentions: Economic Blogs Various Combined under Blogs February 21, 2019
Captures: Readers CiteULike Historical data only March 30, 2019
Mentions: Economic Blogs Various Combined under Blogs February 21, 2019
Mentions: References Wikipedia Added Swedish Wikipedia references to research. October 5, 2018
Citations: Citation Indexes Airiti Academic Citation Index Added citation counts and links to Airiti Academic Citation Index. September 21, 2018
Social Media: +1 Google +1 Deprecated June 25, 2018
Mentions:
Links
StackExchange Deprecated. Metric renamed from ‘Links’ to ‘Q&A Site Mentions’ April 18, 2018
Mentions:
References
Wikipedia Added Portuguese and Spanish Wikipedia references to research. March 13, 2018
Captures:
Exports/Saves, Readers
SSRN Added captures metrics for SSRN.com. The Export/Saves count represents the number of times a paper’s abstract and full text (if available) have been emailed. The Readers count represents saves by SSRN users to their “briefcase.” January 23, 2018
Usage:
Holdings
WorldCat Historical data only January 23, 2018
Usage:
Full-Text Views
SciELO To provide consistency across metric sources, one count for full-text views is now used instead of separate counts by format (HTML Views vs. PDF Views). December 29, 2017
Usage:
Full-Text Views
PLOS PLOS’ API (version 6) provides one count for full-text views instead of the previous API versions’ separate counts for different formats (Abstract Views, HTML Views, PDF Views, Supporting Data Views). This change also affects the PubMedCentral usage provided by the PLOS’ API for PLOS articles only. December 11, 2017
Usage:
Abstract Views, Downloads, Full-Text Views and Link-Outs
EBSCO Previously EBSCO’s usage metrics were divided into 7 categories. They have been re-mapped to 4 categories only: Abstract Views, Downloads, Full-Text Views, and Link-Outs. December 11, 2017
Usage:
HTML Views
Forbes Forbes.com HTML Views have not been in PlumX product since Nov 2015 due to lack of agreement with provider. December 11, 2017
Captures:
Readers
CiteULike Added CiteULike readers. October 20, 2017
Usage:
Abstract Views, HTML Views and PDF Views
SciELO Added usage for artifacts in SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), the largest open-access database in Latin America. August 9, 2017
Mentions:
Comments
Reddit Deprecated July, 2017
Citations: Policy Citations Policy document source lists curated by PlumX Added citation counts for artifacts cited in policy documents. May 30, 2017
Usage: Plays and Captures: Favorites SoundCloud Added Play and Favorite counts for SoundCloud audio files tracked in PlumX. April 14, 2017
Citations: Citation Indexes SciELO Added citation counts and links to SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), the largest open-access database in Latin America. Jan 17, 2017
Citations: Clinical Citations National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) UK Added citation counts and links to NICE Clinical Practice Guidelines that cite an artifact. Jan 5, 2017
Citations: Clinical Citations Clinical Practice Guidelines from Pubmed Added citation counts and links to Pubmed Clinical Practice Guidelines that cite an artifact. November 9, 2016
Usage, Mentions and Social Media:
Clicks, Comments, Likes and Shares
Facebook Combined three metrics (Facebook Comments, Shares and Likes) into a single new metric, “Shares, Likes & Comments.” Clicks is no longer available. August 3, 2016
Usage:
Abstract Views and Downloads
Airiti Library Added usage data for one of the largest Chinese e-journals content collections July 27, 2016
Citations:
Citation Indexes
Crossref Added Crossref citation count data June 3, 2016
Citations:
Clinical Citations
DynaMed Plus® Added citation count data from DynaMed Plus® Topics May 12, 2016
Captures: Bookmarks Delicious Historical bookmark data only April 25, 2016