SpotOn London 2014

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1. Changing our views of “impact” with software tools Jean Liu (@portablebrain) Product Development Manager, Altmetric.com #solo14alt
5. WE THINK “ALTERNATIVE” MEANS: Alternative to only using citations. (Altmetrics are complementary to traditional bibliometrics.)
6. WE THINK THAT “ALTMETRICS” ARE: New ways of capturing non- traditional forms of impact.
7. What does Altmetric track? « Mainstream news « Blogs « Social media: e.g., Twitter, FB, G+, Weibo, etc. « Videos (YouTube) « Reference managers: e.g., Mendeley « Peer review sites: PubPeer and Publons « Policy documents Science communicator- driven Researcher- or institution- driven (other altmetrics providers may track other sources, or the same sources in different ways)
8. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. Valuable discussions are captured from other interesting sources, too.
9. Policy documents & grey literature World Health Organization (WHO) “WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities: guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders” National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) “Delivering Accident Prevention at local level in the new public health system: Road safety policy and links to wider objectives” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation”
10. Post-publication peer review sites
11. SERENDIPITY “I didn’t know that people were talking about my research online.”
13. WHAT ARE ALTMETRICS USED FOR?
14. INDICATORS “Is there evidence of public, scholarly, policy, or professional engagement with my research?”
15. Attention spiked between 2 October 2014 (publication date) and 7 October 2014.
17. DISCOVERY “I’m looking for interesting articles to read.”