In PlumX Metrics, we have 3 citation metric categories that help demonstrate the societal impact of a piece of research output – Clinical, Patent and Policy citations. These citations help researchers, institutions and funders demonstrate public engagement with their research. When we first started incorporating policy citations back in 2017, Read More
We are very happy to participate in the 4:AM conference this year. One of the ways we are supporting it is by providing blog content. I wrote about “Why clinical citations deserve their own metric” stating and highlighting an article about immunization for Streptococcus pneumoniae infections and the clinical citations it has received (see below). 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
Finding references to research in policy documents is important because there are new demands on researchers and those who support them to demonstrate public engagement with their research, its impact on government policy and cultural life, and societal impact in general. 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
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