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: 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 | Added policy citations from Overton.io | 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 |
Historical data only. | 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 |
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 |