Scholarly Metrics
Learn More
There are a number of books, blogs, and websites that can teach you more about bibliometrics. Here are a few of our favorites.
- NIH Bibliometrics Training Series
- 30-Day Impact Challenge: The Ultimate Guide to Raising the Profile of Your Research
- Metrics Toolkit
- Leiden Madtrics
Altmetrics bookmarklet
Use the Altmetric bookmarklet to obtain altmetrics on papers as you find them.
Numbers aren't the whole story
Remember, a number can never tell the whole story.
Tracking social media use
Researchers in many fields are using social media to communicate with their colleagues. They can mention and review a journal article or conference presentation in a blog post or tweet. They can bookmark or save an article in their Mendeley, CiteULike, or Zotero account.
Altmetrics enumerates the mentions of scholarly articles in social media venues.
Altmetrics Tools
These websites will search a variety of open sites to look for mentions of your work. All of them describe the resources they search and explain how the numbers are generated. Right now these counts let you know the minimum number of times your work has been mentioned on the web. Let your librarian know if you have a question.
Publishers and Altmetrics
Publishers are now including altmetrics along with citations to articles. Below are links to publisher announcements about these services.