Altmetrics

Alternative metrics measure the impact of your research through non traditional communication channels such as social media, news media and policy. They complement traditional measures to help you see how the public, industry and others engage with your research

Examples of alternative metrics include how many times your publication has been shared, downloaded, mentioned or viewed online.

Find them through:

• Individual repositories and journal or publisher websites
• Aggregators such as Altmetrics Explorer or PlumX

one of the most popular metric aggregators

Altmetric Explorer provides UniSA with an institutional profile for all UniSA staff with publications indexed in the Research Outputs Repository. Find measures for  authors, all UniSA affiliated publications and particular Units, Centres or Institutes.

Access

Create a personal account for additional functionality e.g. saving searches, sharing reports etc.

Key facts

• Updated twice a year, usually in Feb/March, and Sept/Oct.
• Covers publications indexed in the Research Outputs Repository for the current year plus last 10 years.
• Managed by Business Intelligence and Planning

For your publications to be tracked in Altmetric Explorer you need:

• Your outputs deposited in ROR
• An identifier attached to each output (e.g. DOI)
• Mentions, views or downloads in a source tracked by Altmetric Explorer (e.g. X, facebook etc.)

More help

PlumX metrics is an aggregator tool that allows you to find alternative metrics for your publications indexed in Scopus. It allows you to gain insight into your reach and impact online.

PlumX metrics collates measures in 5 categories:

• Citations (includes patent and policy citations)
• Usage
• Captures
• Mentions (includes news media)
• Social Media

Access

Find PlumX metrics by selecting Find more metrics on your individual publication record.

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