Alternative publication metrics
A publication registered in Pure should have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for the VBN Research Portal to collect alternative publication metrics (also known as "New Metrics"). The VBN Team offers the service to allot DOIs for publications that have not been published elsewhere already, e.g. reports or working papers. Contact us at vbn@aub.aau.dk.
Alternative metrics supplement traditional metrics (citations, H-index, JIF etc.) and consists of a number of different metrics, such as:
- Downloads
- Number of Tweets
- Sharing on Facebook
- Blog posts
- Articles filed in Mendeley
- Wikipedia links
There are various providers of alternative metrics. The VBN Research Portal displays:
AltmetriC
Altmetric shows how much attention a publication has received. A so-called donut is drawn up that consists of different colours. The colours cover the sources included in the donut by Altmetric.
Example of Altmetric in VBN:
Read more about Altmetric.and watch the webinar 10 things every researcher should know about using altmetrics
PlumX
PlumX shows how people interact with a publication - e.g. if the publication is mentioned in the news, on blogs or on Twitter, number of downloads, number of bookmarkings etc. PlumX also includes citations from the more traditional Scopus citation database, as well as from clinical databases such as PubMed Central.
Example of PlumX in VBN:
