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“Let’s Work Together”UCD Research, UCD Library and Altmetrics
Michael Ladisch & Joseph GreeneUCD Library
michael.ladisch@ucd.iejoseph.greene@ucd.ie
UCD Library and UCD Research Collaborations
• Research Repository UCD – Research Management System
• Sharing bibliometrics tools – InCites & SciVal
• Quality Review support for Schools/Institutes
• Digital Technologies workshops
• Altmetrics
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD LibraryJune 2015
Altmetrics
Altmetrics?
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD LibraryJune 2015
• New way of measuring different, non-traditional forms of impact
• Helps researchers to get credit for a broad range of impact activities
• Complementary to traditional citation-based analysis
Benefits:
• More timely
• Societal impact
• Capturing non-traditional outputs
Caveats:
• No standards (yet)
• Limited use of social media in research (still)
• Open to gaming
Altmetrics
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD LibraryJune 2015
Three major players
http://www.altmetric.com/ http://www.plumanalytics.com/
https://impactstory.org/
Research Repository UCD and Altmetrics
• Queensland U. of Tech.: ‘Impact and Interest’ feature (OR2014)
• Uses free APIs to include Altmetric data (badges, or ‘donuts’)
• Only top three mentions available when using free API or without institutional subscription
• Low risk implementation: easy and free to add
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD LibraryJune 2015
RRU and Altmetrics
• Queensland U. of Tech.: ‘Impact and Interest’ feature (OR2014)
• Potential to draw attention to RRU, increase uploads
• Built locally to include downloads, Scopus citations and Altmetric.com’s (free) API
• Only top three mentions when using free API• UCD Research saw potential at institutional level
• Mentions in gov’t policy papers = direct evidence of societal impact
• Purchased one year subscription
RRU and Altmetrics
• Built locally in Nov. 2014 to include downloads, Scopus citations and Altmetric.com’s (free) API
• Potential to draw attention to the repository, increase uploads
• Only ‘trick’ is embedding the DOI dynamically (other identifiers can be used)
http://api.altmetric.com/embeds.html
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD LibraryJune 2015
RRU and Altmetrics
• Queensland U. of Tech.: ‘Impact and Interest’ feature (OR2014)
• Potential to draw attention to RRU, increase uploads
• Built locally to include downloads, Scopus citations and Altmetric.com’s (free) API
• Only top three mentions when using free API• UCD Research saw potential at institutional level
• Mentions in gov’t policy papers = direct evidence of societal impact
• Purchased one year subscription
RRU and Altmetrics
• Demonstrated to UCD Office of Research in December 2014
• UCD Research saw potential at institutional level
• Mentions in gov’t policy papers = direct evidence of societal impact
• Purchased one year subscription in early 2015
Altmetric for Institutions
Implementation
• UCD Research took up one year subscription
• UCD Research provided DOIs for tracking
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD LibraryJune 2015
Altmetric for Institutions
Pilot phase
• UCD Library provides “training” for individual researchers, research administrators
• Tab on Bibliometrics LibGuide
• Informal working group (UCD Research/UCD Library) on use of altmetrics
• UCD Research working group Communication Supports for Enhanced Dissemination
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD LibraryJune 2015
Problems?
• Not really ….
• To clarify who does what