We get questions from folks every now and then why we don’t use Journal Impact Factor to evaluate a particular article. We often retort that “there are good articles in low JIF journals, and bad articles in high JIF journals.” We can also discuss how retraction rates in high JIF journals are significantly higher than in low JIF journals. Read More
by Mike MacKinnon, Director of Sales, Africa, Asia, Australia, Plum Analytics Recently I was able to attend the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Annual Accreditation Conference in Singapore. The conference was attended by nearly 200 people from all over Asia, Read More
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
