Impactstory is a free web-based tool developed in part by a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina. Impactstory provides metrics from a variety of sources and normalizes those metrics based on comparison sets. Impactstory provides metrics for journal articles, data sets, slides and other research products.
Here are some of the metrics that Impactstory collects:
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Altmetrics expand our view of what impact looks like, but also of what’s making the impact. This matters because expressions of scholarship are becoming more diverse.
from: "altmetrics: a manifesto"
DefinedAltmetrics let us measure and monitor the reach and impact of scholarship and research through online interactions. Altmetrics stands for "alternative metrics." The "alternative" part references traditional measurements of academic success such as citation counts, journal prestige (impact factor), and author H-index. Altmetrics are meant to complement, not totally replace, these traditional measures.
Supporters of the altmetrics movement believe that doing so will give a more complete picture of how research and scholarship is used.
Simply, altmetrics are metrics beyond traditional citations.
Why they matterThere is increasing understanding that scholarly research has moved beyond the printed page and that traditional measures of impact are inadequate. Citations are only a small part of the scholarly ecosystem and only represent one type of impact. Other media types of increasing importance such as data, tools, software, websites, videos, etc. produced for or during the research process may be just as, or more, important than the articles that accompany them.
Since most research, including journal articles, are now electronic and networked we can track how many times they are accessed, used, and shared. These numbers provide a more complete picture of the reach and impact of research and scholarship; one that goes beyond citations in peer-reviewed publications.
How they workYou probably already know that nearly everything on the internet is tracked. What you click can be used to inform website design, serve targeted adds, or as a simple measure of popularity. Altmetrics uses this ability to track interaction with online items as a way of measuring research impact and reach.
Altmetrics can answer questions such as:
Source: https://pitt.libguides.com/altmetrics/introduction#s-lg-box-11268976
Altmetric.com offers a free bookmarklet that allows you to view article-level metrics for the articles that you read online. To get started, drag and drop the Altmetric bookmarklet to the bookmarks bar in your web browser. Works for Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Due to some limitations, the bookmarklet may not work for every article.
This link directs you to a discussion of the different kinds of metrics for the item types listed below. The toolkit also allows you learn about the appropriate metrics for different types of outputs in diverse scholarly fields.
This link directs you to a discussion of the different kinds of metrics, and how to use evidence to show impact, for the item types listed above.
This page incorporates elements from "Altmetrics," a guide created by Aimee Sgourakis Jenkins, published by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Source: https://pitt.libguides.com/altmetrics/introduction#s-lg-box-11268976