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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 Badge

Use these free tools to explore and display altmetrics about individual articles. - Using Altmetric Data Responsibly: A Guide to Interpretation and Good Practice

This 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. - Dimensions

Conduct 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. - Scopus

Conduct an author search on Scopus--each author profile contains citation counts and trends for the person's work. - Google Scholar

Google 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.