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TelltheStoryofDatawithMetrics
Goodmetricsrelyongoodinfrastructure&stewardship!Toimprovecita-oncountsandaltmetrics:
• GetaDOIforyourdatasetatarepositorylikeTROLLing,Dryad,orFigshare.• Providegooddatadocumenta>on,includingapreferredcita-on.
• Sharedataopenlyifpossibletoallowthegreatestaccesswiththelowestbarriersforentry.
• Talkaboutyourdatasetonsocialmedia,blogs,conferenceposters,etc.
• Usemetricswiselyandincontext;downloadsarenotthesameascita-onswhicharenotthesameasnewsmen-ons.
• Askyourlibrarianforhelp!
LaurenB.CollisterScholarlyCommunica>onsLibrarian,UniversityofPiJsburgh
[email protected]|TwiJer@parnopaeusDownload&reusethisposter:d-scholarship.piJ.edu/30636
Datacita>onsare“cita>onsincludedinthereferencelistofapublica>onthatformallyciteeitherthedatathatledtoaresearchresultoradatapaper.”1
Sharingdatacanincreasecita>onstoapaperby9-69%2
References1Peters,I.,Kraker,P.,Lex,E.,Gumpenberger,C.,&Gorraiz,J.(2015).ResearchDataExplored:Cita-onsversus
Altmetrics.arxiv.org/abs/1501.03342
2 Piwowar, H. A., & Vision, T. J. (2013). Data reuse and the open data cita-on advantage. PeerJ, 1, e175.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.175
3Piwowar,H.A.,Carlson,J.D.,&Vision,T.J.(2011).Beginningtotrack1000datasetsfrompublicrepositoriesintothepublishedliterature.ProceedingsoftheAmericanSocietyforInforma-onScienceandTechnology,48(1),1–4.doi.org/10.1002/meet.2011.14504801337
4Torres-Salinas,D.,Maran-Maran,A.,&Fuente-Gu-érrez,E.(2014).AnalysisofthecoverageoftheDataCita-onIndex–ThomsonReuters:disciplines,documenttypesandrepositories.RevistaEspañoladeDocumentaciónCienafica,37(1),e036.DigitalLibraries.doi.org/10.3989/redc.2014.1.1114
5Costas,R.,Zahedi,Z.,&Wouters,P.(2015).Do“altmetrics”correlatewithcita-ons?Extensivecomparisonofaltmetricindicatorswithcita-onsfromamul-disciplinaryperspec-ve.JournaloftheAssocia-onforInforma-onScienceandTechnology,66(10),2003–2019.doi.org/10.1002/asi.23309
Benefits:Free,easytouse,catchesmen-onsinfulltext(~10%ofcita-onstodatasets3).Drawbacks:Uncertaintyofsources,nofilteringforself-cita-ons,inabilitytoimproveresults.
Findingcita>oncountsforadatasetinGoogle
Scholar.
Altmetrics“assessthe“societal”impactofresearchdatatoprovideamorecompletepictureofresearchuptake”.1
Somealtmetricshavebeenshowntopredictcita>ons(Mendeleyreaders,downloads);othersshowaJen>on
andinterest(news,blogmen>ons,socialmedia).5
Altmetricsforthedataset:Lawson,Stuart;Meghreblian,Ben;Brook,Michelle(2015):Journalsubscrip>oncosts-FOIstoUKuniversi>es.doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.1186832.v23
Howtofindaltmetricsfordata
Whatdoyouwanttoknow?Metricstellastoryaboutyourdata.Theinforma-onyouwantwilldeterminethekindsofmetricsyouseek.
Howarepeopleusingit?Haveotherstudiesbuiltonit?Hasitbeenextended?
Usedinotherfields?
Whatarepeoplesayingaboutit?Feedbackonmethod?Sharingwithcolleagues?
Isitgeongapen-on?
Benefits:MorerobustthanGoogleScholar,usesWebofScience.Drawbacks:Costs,accessibility,notablyfavorsphysical/medicalsciences.4
Howtofindcita>onsfordata
ImpactStory(Freeforindividuals,worksbestforitemsw/DOI.)
(Bestforitemsw/DOI,limiteddatashowninfreeversion,subscrip-ons
availableforins-tu-ons.)
PlumX(WorkswithoutDOI,butonly
capturesforthosew/ins-tu-onalsubscrip-on.)
AltmetricscanaddcontextonCVs,grants,tenureporsolios,&more.Forsomeexamples,visitpiJ.libguides.com/altmetrics/usecases