Scholarly Metrics
All about metrics: definitions, how-to, and tools.
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.
Altmetrics Tools
Here are ways to discover how your work is being read and discussed outside of traditional scholarly communication channels--places like blogs, social media, mainstream media, public policy documents, online reference managers, course syllabi, and even Wikipedia.
- Altmetric Bookmarklet and BadgeUse these free tools to explore and display altmetrics about individual articles.
- Using Altmetric Data Responsibly: A Guide to Interpretation and Good PracticeThis guide is meant for librarians, researchers, and administrators wishing to understand and use Altmetric tools to evaluate scholarly output in a holistic fashion, beyond traditional measurements.
- DimensionsConduct a Document search on Dimensions, limiting to a specific researcher, journal title, organization, etc. Use the Analytical Views module to explore citation metrics, trends, and altmetrics.
- ScopusConduct an author search on Scopus--each author profile contains citation counts and trends for the person's work.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a citation count for many articles. However, be aware that Google Scholar's means of identifying citations is unknown and therefore may need to be verified elsewhere.