PlumX and Policy Document Citations

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

The Importance of Tracking Blog Post Mentions of Research

Recently we announced a partnership with ACI Information Group to bring more blog post mentions to PlumX. ACI individually curates blogs through researchers with expertise in each blog’s topic or field of study in a variety of academic and research disciplines. Read More

PlumX Customers Track 67 Different Types of Research Output

We recently created an Infographic to describe what research PlumX tracks and discovered some interesting facts about what our customers consider research. Just two examples of different artifacts we’ve heard about recently from our customers are a YouTube video of a musical score created by a music professor and an important book written by a psychology faculty member. Read More

Sci-Hub: The Academic Cat is Out of the Bag

Plum Analytics Peeks into the Sci-Hub Top 100 Downloads By now I think everyone involved in performing research, publishing research, communicating research, and more is aware of what Sci-Hub is. If you are not, I highly recommend this Science Magazine article titled, Read More