We are excited to launch a new layout of the PlumX Artifact page to improve readability and pave the way for more metrics. Take a look at this example and read about the five things to love about this new layout. Read More
More and more, policymakers are expecting scientists to demonstrate the value of their research to society. While peer review and bibliometrics have become accepted methods for assessing the impact research has on other research, there is currently no established framework that addresses the impact of research on the broader society. Read More
We recently expanded PlumX metrics with a new addition in our Captures category: CiteULike readership. CiteULike is a web-based social bookmarking tool that aims to promote the sharing of citations to academic papers. Users can store, share, Read More
It is important to us to provide a worldwide and comprehensive picture of research impact to enable customers in all regions to tell the stories of their research. Here is a round-up of our announcements about new research metrics from around the world. Read More
Research Reveals PlumX from Plum Analytics is Not Just Altmetrics Recently, Plum Analytics President Andrea Michalek spent time with author J. Michael Lindsay, MSIS, AHIP, Associate Professor, Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian, Graduate Preston Medical Library, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. Read More
At Plum Analytics, we’ve been working hard to incorporate policy document citations into PlumX. The term “policy documents” can be a nebulous way of describing documents resulting from the research of non-profits, governmental organizations and think-tanks. They can take the form of white papers, Read More
This is the second part of a two-part blog post about PlumX and Wikipedia mentions. In the first, we explored the meaning and possible interpretations of Wikipedia mentions of scholarly output, both on an individual piece of research and when we aggregated them.Read More