Library Support for Researchers: Series 4: Alternative Metrics

Alternative metrics show how many times a research output has been shared, mentioned or downloaded from online sources such as social media sites, blogs, mainstream media and reference managers. This data accumulates at a faster rate compared to traditional measures.

• Altmetric
• Altmetric bookmarklet for researchers

  Access to data for any publication with a DOI.
• Impactstory

  Free site where researchers join with their Twitter account and explore and see the online reach of their research.
• Plum analytics

  Plum metrics are available in Research Online and for articles indexed in Scopus.
• Social Searcher

  Monitors and provides analytics of public mentions of work in social networks and on the web.

• Trove 

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  Find Australian library holdings of your books.
• WorldCat 

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  Find International Library holdings of your books.

Feedback about the Library Support for Researchers Series: https://forms.gle/EVhT4kufx733y6j29