The key to quickly navigating complex data sets is to turn them into elegant, simple visualizations that do the hard work for you. We think our new Plum^TM Print does exactly that. With one glance, it’s easy way to see the relative impact of each of the five categories of metrics – Read More

At ALA Midwinter, Mike Buschman  did a session called “Introducing PlumX”.  We were lucky enough to be able to record that session. If you’d like to see this 45-minute session starring Mike you can see it here. Read More

If you are going to ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia please stop by booth #1871 to say hi to us and see a demo of PlumX. Here are some other places you can catch us besides the exhibit hall: ACRL STS Hot Topics Discussion Group What: Come and join the STS Hot Topics Discussion Group as we address the issue of Altmetrics! Read More

Today EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) announced that Plum^TM Analytics has become a wholly-owned subsidiary. We are excited about this big change because it will help us have the resources to realize the bright future we have for Plum Analytics, Read More

Here at Plum^TM Analytics we were happy to learn that Library Journal selected PlumX as the Most Ambitious Database of 2013 in their annual roundup of award-winning databases. Library Journal compared the winners to movie studios with Plum Analytics equated to a producer of an Indie film, Read More

Since we started PlumX we understood that it was important to work with institutional and discipline-specific repositories, both as a source of research output as well as a target for providing value via PlumX metrics. PlumX imports records seamlessly from EPrints, Read More

At Plum^TM Analytics, we often blog about new features and other new developments for PlumX, the product that processes big data to bring you information about research impact. Here are some of our previous blog posts you may have missed about important features and functions. Read More

On Monday, October 14, I was happy to be part of a panel at the World Social Science Forum in Montreal. The panel was put together and moderated by Gregg Gordon from SSRN, and my presentation was entitled, “Altmetrics in Practice.” The audience was especially interested in measuring research output beyond articles—and books in particular. Read More

We participated in a free Research Information webcast about Measuring Impact with Altmetrics on October 14th. Here is the description of the webcast: Altmetrics is a major buzz word at the moment and many publishers and others are experimenting with adding additional impact information to their papers. Read More