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description
Altmetrics
in the
Academy
Implementing strategies in the library for better academic
engagement, dissemination and measurement
Who we are part 1
10.00 Welcome and introductions10.10 What do you want from the day? What are your experiences of Altmetrics?10:30 An overview of Altmetrics - what, why, where? 11.30 Break12.00 Altmetrics in the Academy - getting academics and librarians on board12.40 Brainstorming session: Value in altmetrics: what questions do people have around this? what are their biggest concerns?1.00 Lunch
Do you use any of these?
And these?
Do you recognise these?
An overview of Altmetrics - what, why where?
The dissemination and communication of research is changing
Presentations and seminars
Funding and ethics applications
Academic books
Journal articles and posters
Term papers and essays
Meetings and conferences
Correspondence
Open access
Supplementary data
Online reference managers
Press
Post-publication peer-review
Social media
Blogs
Traditional metrics struggle to reflect this
- Slow to accrue- Focus mostly on published articles
Published June 2014:
Starting to impact the behaviour of academics
Development of altmetrics
● to complement, not replace traditional metrics
● help people understand how research is being received and used,
and by who
● not intended as an indicator of quality
● can help provide further evidence of engagement and ‘societal
impact’
● give credit for research outputs other than articles
So, what are they?
And who provides them?
Altmetrics at Altmetric
● data quality and curation
● valid, relevant sources
● intuitive user interface
● customer support
● community engagement
Sources of attention
Policy documents
● AWMF - Association of Scientific Medical Societies
● European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
● Food and Agriculture Organization
● GOV.UK - Policy papers, Research & Analysis
● Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
● International Monetary Fund (IMF)
● Mental Health Foundation (UK) - NEW
● NICE Evidence
● UNESCO
● World Health Organization (WHO)
More being added each week…
Aggregating attention
Follow a list of sources(manual curation)
Search for links to papers(automated collection)
Collate attention(disambiguation)
Display data in “Altmetric details pages”
Col
lect
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Rep
ortin
g
Digging in to the data
Demographics
Twitter data from bio’s
Mendeley data based on who has saved the article to their library - anonymised
The Altmetric score and donut● developed to give an at-a-glance summary of the attention work has received● not an indicator of quality of the research! ● useful when looking at data for lots of articles at once
Context
Implementations
Publisher uses
And funders...
Librarian access
● Free Altmetric Explorer accounts● Search for data on any article, from any publisher● Share with researchers or admins
“Can I see the data for authors and work just from my institution?”
Altmetric for Institutions
Explore your institution
Reporting
- save search filters
- set up automated email alerts
- export to excel, or reports on individual articles
- API output
- set up direct links into other systems
Who can use the data?
Institutional repositories
- free donut badge embeds
- just 2 lines of code: api.altmetric.com
- helps encourage deposits
- collates attention from all versions
- let us know your domain!
info@altmetric.com
Discovery platforms
Free primo plugin availableIn discussion with ProQuest re: Summon
Researchers
altmetric.it
Details pages alerts
Impact Story
New tools: Kudos
Researcher feedback
They’re still fairly new...
- ongoing review, HEFCE
- project to create standards, NISO
- looking towards Horizon 2020 and next RAE in
Australia
Concerns about gaming and misinterpretation
● part of the reason that we make sure all of our
data is auditable
● and don’t show things like Facebook likes
● systems in place to flag up suspect activity
● beware siloed usage data
But at the end of the day...
Ways to keep up to date
- ImpactStory newsletter
- Altmetric blog
- Plum analytics blog
- Regular webinars
- Follow #altmetrics hashtag on Twitter
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Altmetrics:
A new role for library and information professionals
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Who we are part 2
It’s not just Altmetrics that’s hot
MOOCsOpen AccessImpact Big Data
The research process
Have an ideaSearch for research
Filter and review the research
Publish anddisseminate the research
Measure anddiscuss the research
The research process and you
Have an ideaSearch for research
Filter and review the research
Publish anddisseminate the research
Measure anddiscuss the research
LIS Professionals host, catalogue and search published research
LIS Professionals carry out systematic and literature reviews from search results
LIS Professionals experts in publishing and communication.OA, Social Media, blogging
LIS Professionals experts in measurement,bibliometrics,work in neutral role
Appraising
Social Media
Com
munications
ImpartialFlexibleHelpful
NetworkedCentrally based
Bibliometrics
Sear
chin
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T
echn
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Filt
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Where the LIS professional fits in
Every researcher is different
An early career researcher who uses a social media every day, mostly for their personal life wants to use social media and altmetrics within their professional setting. They have an idea of the basics, but are also concerned that their line manager who is an older, established academic might perceive the use of such tools as not constituting as work.
How do you resolve that?
● Find evidence which peers are using altmetrics ● Show them tools and shortcuts that highlight this is real work with
real outputs - Tweetdeck, IFTTT, altmetric bookmarklet● Those who have established altmetrics companies are often early
career researchers wanting to get more from their work.● They may have datasets or other outputs they wish to share● It could have the offset of bringing the senior academic on board● Explain it can be a way to build social ties - with publishers,
potential collaborators, fund holders, bloggers and journalists
Every researcher is different
A senior academic asks the question; ‘is Altmetrics a good use of my time?’ They a couple of decades into their career, possibly a professor and have several published papers in a high impact, peer-review journals. They are thinking about engaging with social media and Altmetrics but are not sure whether it would actually benefit their career at this stage.
How do you resolve that?
● Academics like to debate their areas of expertise - explain that on social media there is a conversation taking place right now about their research with some of their peers involved
● Show evidence that altmetrics are a good indicator of future research and hot topics
● Breath life into old research - show how altmetrics gives them new and interesting metrics on their existing papers - where globally a paper is being talked about or saved
● Explain how this can fit in with the growing impact agenda
Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation
''All mankind is divided into three classes: Those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move''.
Benjamin Franklin
Getting academics to the waterhole
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#Understand
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● Their way of working -long periods doing the same thing
● Their concernsPressure to publish research
● Their fearsMay not be used to Social Media ortechnology for that matter
● How busy they are● What they can get out of
Altmetrics
and what you can do to help them
#Demystify
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● Explain that Altmetrics are notabout Justin Bieber’s Tweets to his Beliebers
● That using tools like Altmetrics,Mendeley, Twitter and ImpactStorywill show them where their researchis reaching globally
● Help build case studies toshow what is out there
● Show junior researchers andstudents that their research andprofile will benefit
#TrainImage CC BY Sarah http://bit.ly/ZyiXxw
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● Bite size sessions● Workshops● Video tutorials● Webinars● Hangouts
#Champion● Look to see who on your
campus uses technology and social media
● Take them for a coffee● Get them to present a
session on how they use it
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#Network● Seek out natural
alliesImpact and research support, open access advocates, MOOCsters, library and information professionals, technicians,learning technologists,communications and marketing
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#Practice
Social Media/Altmetric Case study
● Took over Chair of our Communications and Impact (CIG) group in Feb 2014
● Wanted to get more staff using social tools to improve research impact and engagement
● Staff want EVIDENCE ● that it works
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Project!● Agreed to develop a small group of staff
who were not currently using social media to promote their research
● Gave training in Twitter● Regular emails to inform and encourage● Curated Twitter List to monitor their
activities
Results!● All of them are now tweeting at least once
per fortnight● All have gained 30+ followers● Some are much more active, writing own
tweets, MT-ing, etc.● But! Lots of them just retweet :0(● But then again, its early days :0)
...Next, I begged, borrowed and stole their PPTs and Posters...
Slideshare!
● ...to do a companion, comparative study on Slideshare
● Slides of posters and conference PPTs currently on web pages also uploaded to SlideShare
● Half tweeted, half not● Compared views for each ● half of ‘trial’
Results!● All slides/posters have had over 35 views
in 5 months● 70% have over 100● Tweeted ones have average of 166● Non-Tweeted ones have average of 55
views● So these things work in ● tandem with eachother!
MICHELLE PORUCZNIK ANIMATED GIFSOURCE: porucz.tumblr.com
Brainstorming sessionValue in Altmetrics:
What questions do people have around Altmetrics? What are their biggest concerns?What is missing from Altmetrics?What are you doing already?
Lunch
Afternoon Agenda
3.30: Break3.50: Ehsan continued…4.00: Getting mobile, how using mobile apps can help you engage more with Altmetrics 4.20: The Altmetric Explorer4.30: What’s on the horizon? What does the future for scholarly dissemination and impact?4.45: Wrap up and questions
Getting mobile, how using mobile apps can help you engage more with Altmetrics
● The working day is busy enough already● Your mobile device is with you most of the time● 1 or 2 minutes per day (on a commute?) could reap benefits● Twitter is an obvious win for the time- pressed, but what else?
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The Altmetrics Home Screen!
Twitter: tweet links, retweet, start discussions, promote yourself and what you do- your ‘brand’
BBC News: a great source of news stories- if one relates to your research areas, move quickly! Tweet it, and your research papers- make the link in people’s minds.
The Altmetrics Home Screen!
Podcasts: Listen and learn, not just about other’s research, but how to talk about it in lay terms, for a podcast audience
Camera/Photos: You never know when an opportunity to get a shot that could be used with a blog post/podcast will arise- be ready!
The Altmetrics Home Screen!
Blogger: Blog on the go! Dictate content and add images via blogging apps, save and publish later if needs be- get that idea down!
Hootsuite: post to multiple social networks in one! Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more, and use auto-schedule, to avoid pre-work ‘blackspots’ on social media
The Altmetrics Home Screen!
LinkedIn- post to ‘groups’ for targeted impact- can post same things you’d tweet, but with more characters to play with!
audioBoom! (formerly audioBoo): record short audio- yourself or things around you, and share, embed, etc- podcasting ‘lite’
3 things you can do
1. Find what works for you2. Be patient and keep trying3. Look on social and altmetric sites and see
whether they have app versions
Altmetric Explorer: Tasks to try
1. Which article published in the Lancet has seen the most attention in the last week?
2. Find 3 DOIs for articles published by your researchers - and then search for them in the Explorer
3. How many articles mentioned in the last year and published in the Journal of Personality & Social Psychology have been mentioned in a policy document?
http://bit.ly/M0aQmz
What’s on the horizon? What does the future for scholarly dissemination and impact
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2012/sep/19/peer-review-research-impact-altmetrics
New era for peer review?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedcommons/ (Last Accessed 14/10/2014)
http://www.papercritic.com/
https://theconversation.com/profiles/tom-stafford-91781/articles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q
http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies_novella.htm
Wrap up and questions
Thank you
For more information@catherinelucy@andy_tattersall@beakybeecroft@ehsanwlv@altmetric@scharrlib