Altmetrics to track the impact of datasets
There are many good reasons why researchers might track the impact of their datasets. To provide supplementary evidence of influence for the next grant application or performance review or promotional opportunity. Or to track impact on the academy, on industry, on society or public policy. Could people or organizations engaging with a dataset become potential partners or collaborators? Altmetrics provide quantitative evidence of impact or influence by reporting scholarly and social online engagement with research datasets. They can be tracked using a range of services, from the more traditional citation databases to data and institutional repositories, and of course from altmetrics aggregator services. But we need to be careful not to create additional administrative burdens on time-poor researchers and also of the limitations in data citation practices or the lack thereof. One way we can achieve the former is to harvest altmetrics into our institutional repositories or data discovery services, saving time for the researcher by providing a systems solution.
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- 1. Altmetrics to track impact of datasets Creating Your Research Impact Story (eResearch Australasia Workshop) Pat Loria, Manager Information Services, Charles Sturt University Library 27 October 2014 DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 2. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Why track dataset impact?
- 3. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Why track dataset impact?
- 4. Just some dataset impact metrics & sources Data Metrics Sources Metrics (not mapped to Sources column) Citation Databases Citations & Mentions Scholarly Publishers Bookmarks & Favourites Altmetrics Aggregators Followers Source-Code Sharing Platforms (GitHub...) Reuses Data Sharing Platforms (Dryad, Figshare...) Ratings & Recommendations Institutional and Subject Repositories Views & Downloads Researcher Networking Sites (Mendeley...) Likes & Shares Networking Sites (Delicious, Pinterest...) Tweets & Comments Adapted from Stacy Konkiel, Tracking the impacts of data – beyond citations, e-Science Community Blog, 16 Oct 2014. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 5. Traditional sources of dataset impact DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 6. Traditional sources of dataset impact DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 7. Newer sources of dataset impact DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 8. Newer sources of dataset impact DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 9. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Aggregators of dataset impact
- 10. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Aggregators of dataset impact
- 11. Potential sources of dataset impact DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 12. http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com.au/2011/0 2/citation-help-resources-make-citing.html DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Beware: Impact Silo Fatigue! Silos image: http://www.michaelleander.me/blog/silo-silo-in-the-game-who-is-the-prettiest-or-are-we-the-same/
- 13. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Impact embedded in IRs Source: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/chm_facpubs/1/ Data Views? Dataset ?
- 14. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Using an impact dashboard
- 15. Track engagement with a dataset DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 16. Report by individual, group, institution DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 17. Research info management system DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES
- 18. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Researcher profiles
- 19. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Saving time for the researcher
- 20. DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES Possibilities...
- 21. Thank you Pat Loria @pat_loria DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES