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Altmetric

January 01, 1970

This article is about the company. For alternative scholarly impact metrics, see Altmetrics.

Altmetric, or altmetric.com, is a data science company that tracks where published research is mentioned online, and provides tools and services to institutions, publishers, researchers, funders and other organisations to monitor this activity, commonly referred to as altmetrics.[1][2][3] Altmetric was recognized by European Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn in 2014 as a company challenging the traditional reputation systems.[4]

Altmetric
Official Altmetric Logo
URLwww.altmetric.com
CommercialYes
Launched2012
Current statusActive

Altmetric is a portfolio company of Digital Science,[5][6] which is owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.[7]

History edit

Altmetric was founded by Euan Adie[8][9] in 2011.[10] Previously a researcher, Adie had already worked on Postgenomic.com, an open source scientific blog aggregator[11] founded in 2006. In 2011, Adie entered an altmetrics app into Elsevier's Apps for Science competition and won.[12][13] The prize money enabled Altmetric to develop a full version of the Altmetric Explorer, released in February 2012.[14]

In July 2012, Altmetric took on additional investment from Digital Science[1] and is still a part of the group today, with offices in London, Germany, the United States and Australia.

In 2019 Altmetric and Nature received funding from the Google Digital News Innovation Fund to "build a novel tool for measuring the impact of journalism".[15]

Concept edit

A term first coined in the altmetrics manifesto in 2010,[9][16] altmetrics (also known as 'alternative metrics') were developed to provide authors and other stakeholders a more comprehensive record of engagement with scholarly work, particularly that which takes place beyond the academy amongst a broader audience. In order to do this, Altmetric tracks a range of online sites and sources looking for 'mentions' (links or written references) to scholarly outputs (which include journal articles, blogs, data sets and more).[17] Sources of the attention include the mainstream media, public policy documents, social and academic networks, post-publication peer-review forums and, more recently, Wikipedia and the Open Syllabus Project.[18]

The data are tracked in real-time and collated in the Altmetric details pages, which provide a clickable summary of all of the online attention relating to a single research output.

The Altmetric Attention Score and Donut Badge edit

Altmetric employs an algorithm to assign each item an automatically calculated score. Based on the volume and source of attention an item has received, the score is intended to reflect the reach or popularity of the research output. A multicolored 'donut' visualization is also generated to provide a summary of the sources of the attention that an item has received (red for news, light blue for Twitter, etc.).[19][20] Altmetric make the data available via the Altmetric Bookmarklet, a browser plugin, the Explorer platform, a cloud-hosted database, and API.

 
Trending papers from peer-reviewed psychology journals based on their Altmetric Attention Scores.

The sources include academic citations and academic platforms, patents, posts on social media and web forums, Wikipedia articles, users on Mendeley.[21]

Many publishers, including John Wiley & Sons, Taylor and Francis, The JAMA Network and Springer Nature embed the Altmetric 'Donut' Badges into their journal article and book pages to show the Altmetric score for individual items from within the publisher platform.[22][23][24][25] At least one website, OOIR, is specifically built around the showcase of scientific trends based on Altmetric Attention Scores.[26] Even though there is no clear link between altmetric scores and societal impact, they can be used to predict future citation impact ,[27] and may be a target for manipulation.[28]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Piwowar, Heather (9 January 2013). "AOP". Nature. 493 (7431): 159. Bibcode:2013Natur.493..159P. doi:10.1038/493159a. PMID 23302843. S2CID 205075867.
  2. ^ Shema, Hadas. "Thoughts about altmetrics (an unorganized, overdue post)". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ Clark, Liat (2014-08-13). "How 'Google Science' could transform academic publishing". Wired UK. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ Geoghegan-Quinn, Máire. "EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) Keynote Speech: "Science 2.0: Europe can lead the next scientific transformation"". europa.eu. European Commission. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Home - Digital Science". Digital Science. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  6. ^ Coghill, Jeffrey G.; Russell, Roger G., eds. (2016). Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 9. ISBN 9781442264458.
  7. ^ Carpenter, Caroline (2015-05-06). "Completed merger forms 'Springer Nature'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  8. ^ Stuart, David (2015-06-01). "Research Information". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b Luther, Judy (2012-07-25). "Altmetrics – Trying to Fill the Gap". The Scholarly Kitchen. Society for Scholarly Publishing. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  10. ^ Hicks, Diana; Wouters, Paul; Waltman, Ludo; de Rijcke, Sarah; Rafols, Ismael (22 April 2015). "Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics". Nature. 520 (7548): 429–431. Bibcode:2015Natur.520..429H. doi:10.1038/520429a. hdl:10261/132304. PMID 25903611.
  11. ^ McIntosh, Joyce, ed. (2016). Library and Information Science: Parameters and Perspectives. CRC Press. p. 33. ISBN 9781466562028.
  12. ^ "Altmetric | Apps for Science". Apps for Science. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  13. ^ Elsevier. "Elsevier Announces Winners of "Apps for Science" Challenge". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  14. ^ "Explorer for Publishers". Altmetric. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  15. ^ "Altmetric and Nature awarded funding from the Google Digital News Innovation Fund – Altmetric". Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  16. ^ "altmetrics: a manifesto – altmetrics.org". altmetrics.org. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  17. ^ . Altmetric. 2015-07-09. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  18. ^ "Our sources". Altmetric. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  19. ^ "The donut and Altmetric Attention Score". Altmetric. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  20. ^ Sheffield, University of. . www.sheffield.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  21. ^ "Sources of Attention: Altmetric track a unique range of online sources to capture the conversations relating to research outputs". 2015-07-09.
  22. ^ "Altmetrics". Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  23. ^ "Author Services Measuring impact with article metrics". authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  24. ^ Network, The JAMA. "About Altmetrics on The JAMA Network". sites.jamanetwork.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  25. ^ "Springer now sharing data from Altmetric on SpringerLink". springer.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  26. ^ "About OOIR". Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  27. ^ Thelwall, Mike; Nevill, Tamara (2018). "Could scientists use Altmetric.com scores to predict longer term citation counts?". Journal of Informetrics. 12 (1): 237–248. arXiv:1801.10311. doi:10.1016/j.joi.2018.01.008. S2CID 4623584.
  28. ^ Wien, Charlotte; Deutz, Daniella B. (2019-06-21). "What's in a tweet? Creating Social Media Echo Chambers to inflate 'the donut'". LIBER Quarterly. 29: 3. doi:10.18352/lq.10289.

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This article is about the company For alternative scholarly impact metrics see Altmetrics Altmetric or altmetric com is a data science company that tracks where published research is mentioned online and provides tools and services to institutions publishers researchers funders and other organisations to monitor this activity commonly referred to as altmetrics 1 2 3 Altmetric was recognized by European Commissioner Maire Geoghegan Quinn in 2014 as a company challenging the traditional reputation systems 4 AltmetricOfficial Altmetric LogoURLwww wbr altmetric wbr comCommercialYesLaunched2012Current statusActive Altmetric is a portfolio company of Digital Science 5 6 which is owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group 7 Contents 1 History 2 Concept 3 The Altmetric Attention Score and Donut Badge 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editAltmetric was founded by Euan Adie 8 9 in 2011 10 Previously a researcher Adie had already worked on Postgenomic com an open source scientific blog aggregator 11 founded in 2006 In 2011 Adie entered an altmetrics app into Elsevier s Apps for Science competition and won 12 13 The prize money enabled Altmetric to develop a full version of the Altmetric Explorer released in February 2012 14 In July 2012 Altmetric took on additional investment from Digital Science 1 and is still a part of the group today with offices in London Germany the United States and Australia In 2019 Altmetric and Nature received funding from the Google Digital News Innovation Fund to build a novel tool for measuring the impact of journalism 15 Concept editA term first coined in the altmetrics manifesto in 2010 9 16 altmetrics also known as alternative metrics were developed to provide authors and other stakeholders a more comprehensive record of engagement with scholarly work particularly that which takes place beyond the academy amongst a broader audience In order to do this Altmetric tracks a range of online sites and sources looking for mentions links or written references to scholarly outputs which include journal articles blogs data sets and more 17 Sources of the attention include the mainstream media public policy documents social and academic networks post publication peer review forums and more recently Wikipedia and the Open Syllabus Project 18 The data are tracked in real time and collated in the Altmetric details pages which provide a clickable summary of all of the online attention relating to a single research output The Altmetric Attention Score and Donut Badge editAltmetric employs an algorithm to assign each item an automatically calculated score Based on the volume and source of attention an item has received the score is intended to reflect the reach or popularity of the research output A multicolored donut visualization is also generated to provide a summary of the sources of the attention that an item has received red for news light blue for Twitter etc 19 20 Altmetric make the data available via the Altmetric Bookmarklet a browser plugin the Explorer platform a cloud hosted database and API nbsp Trending papers from peer reviewed psychology journals based on their Altmetric Attention Scores The sources include academic citations and academic platforms patents posts on social media and web forums Wikipedia articles users on Mendeley 21 Many publishers including John Wiley amp Sons Taylor and Francis The JAMA Network and Springer Nature embed the Altmetric Donut Badges into their journal article and book pages to show the Altmetric score for individual items from within the publisher platform 22 23 24 25 At least one website OOIR is specifically built around the showcase of scientific trends based on Altmetric Attention Scores 26 Even though there is no clear link between altmetric scores and societal impact they can be used to predict future citation impact 27 and may be a target for manipulation 28 See also editfigshare Plum Analytics OOIRReferences edit a b Piwowar Heather 9 January 2013 AOP Nature 493 7431 159 Bibcode 2013Natur 493 159P doi 10 1038 493159a PMID 23302843 S2CID 205075867 Shema Hadas Thoughts about altmetrics an unorganized overdue post Scientific American Blog Network Retrieved 25 February 2017 Clark Liat 2014 08 13 How Google Science could transform academic publishing Wired UK Retrieved 25 February 2017 Geoghegan Quinn Maire EuroScience Open Forum ESOF Keynote Speech Science 2 0 Europe can lead the next scientific transformation europa eu European Commission Retrieved 25 February 2017 Home Digital Science Digital Science Retrieved 2017 02 25 Coghill Jeffrey G Russell Roger G eds 2016 Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age Rowman amp Littlefield p 9 ISBN 9781442264458 Carpenter Caroline 2015 05 06 Completed merger forms Springer Nature The Bookseller Retrieved 10 February 2017 Stuart David 2015 06 01 Research Information Retrieved 10 February 2017 a b Luther Judy 2012 07 25 Altmetrics Trying to Fill the Gap The Scholarly Kitchen Society for Scholarly Publishing Retrieved 10 February 2017 Hicks Diana Wouters Paul Waltman Ludo de Rijcke Sarah Rafols Ismael 22 April 2015 Bibliometrics The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics Nature 520 7548 429 431 Bibcode 2015Natur 520 429H doi 10 1038 520429a hdl 10261 132304 PMID 25903611 McIntosh Joyce ed 2016 Library and Information Science Parameters and Perspectives CRC Press p 33 ISBN 9781466562028 Altmetric Apps for Science Apps for Science Retrieved 2017 02 09 Elsevier Elsevier Announces Winners of Apps for Science Challenge www prnewswire com Press release Retrieved 2017 02 09 Explorer for Publishers Altmetric 2015 07 09 Retrieved 2017 02 09 Altmetric and Nature awarded funding from the Google Digital News Innovation Fund Altmetric Retrieved 2022 02 21 altmetrics a manifesto altmetrics org altmetrics org Retrieved 2017 02 09 How it works Altmetric 2015 07 09 Archived from the original on 2020 02 12 Retrieved 2017 02 09 Our sources Altmetric 2015 07 09 Retrieved 2017 02 09 The donut and Altmetric Attention Score Altmetric 2015 07 09 Retrieved 2017 02 09 Sheffield University of Altmetric donuts Altmetric Research Information Systems Research amp Innovation Services The University of Sheffield www sheffield ac uk Archived from the original on 2017 03 08 Retrieved 2017 02 10 Sources of Attention Altmetric track a unique range of online sources to capture the conversations relating to research outputs 2015 07 09 Altmetrics Retrieved 2017 02 10 Author Services Measuring impact with article metrics authorservices taylorandfrancis com 2015 05 25 Retrieved 2017 02 10 Network The JAMA About Altmetrics on The JAMA Network sites jamanetwork com Retrieved 2017 02 10 Springer now sharing data from Altmetric on SpringerLink springer com Retrieved 2017 02 10 About OOIR Retrieved 2023 03 14 Thelwall Mike Nevill Tamara 2018 Could scientists use Altmetric com scores to predict longer term citation counts Journal of Informetrics 12 1 237 248 arXiv 1801 10311 doi 10 1016 j joi 2018 01 008 S2CID 4623584 Wien Charlotte Deutz Daniella B 2019 06 21 What s in a tweet Creating Social Media Echo Chambers to inflate the donut LIBER Quarterly 29 3 doi 10 18352 lq 10289 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Altmetric amp oldid 1210083050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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