This presentation was provided by Stacy Konkiel of Altmetric during the NISO Virtual Conference, Advancing Altmetrics, held on Wednesday, December 13, 2017.

1. Exploring values-based altmetrics
Lessons from the humanities & social sciences
Stacy Konkiel, Altmetric
Advancing Altmetrics:
Best Practices and Emerging Ideas
December 13 2017

2. equity - inclusivity - public good - social justice - equitable
access accessibility - openness - learning from failure
transparency - open source - open process - candor
accountability - collegiality - ethical imagination - kindness
generosity - empathy - self-care - respect - quality
replication - soundness - pushing boundaries - creativity
originality - advancing knowledge - intentionality
reproducibility - community - engagement - network
holistic - attunement - leadership - preservation - tradition
honor - respect - courage - passion - service - patriotism
responsibility - risk - anti-corporate - competition - caring
What values drive
your organization?

3. equity - inclusivity - public good - social justice - equitable
access accessibility - openness - learning from failure
transparency - open source - open process - candor
accountability - collegiality - ethical imagination - kindness
generosity - empathy - self-care - respect - quality
replication - soundness - pushing boundaries - creativity
originality - advancing knowledge - intentionality
reproducibility - community - engagement - network
holistic - attunement - leadership - preservation - tradition
honor - respect - courage - passion - service - patriotism
responsibility - risk - anti-corporate - competition - caring
What values drive
your work?

4. equity - inclusivity - public good - social justice - equitable
access accessibility - openness - learning from failure
transparency - open source - open process - candor
accountability - collegiality - ethical imagination - kindness
generosity - empathy - self-care - respect - quality
replication - soundness - pushing boundaries - creativity
originality - advancing knowledge - intentionality
reproducibility - community - engagement - network
holistic - attunement - leadership - preservation - tradition
honor - respect - courage - passion - service - patriotism
responsibility - risk - anti-corporate - competition - caring
What values drive
your researchers?

5. Why values?

6. What’s “hot”?
What will get me funded?
How fast can I write articles?
How many can I squeeze out
of this project?

7. It’s all
rather
crude.

8. Jason Rhody
(SSRC)
Nicky Agate
(MLA)
Rebecca Kennison
(K|N Consultants)
Simone Sacchi
(LIBER)
Stacy Konkiel
(Altmetric)
Christopher Long
(Michigan State University)

9. The proposed five core
values and related
subvalues of the
HuMetricsHSS
framework

10. “Values-based metrics”
is not a new idea.

11. Ochsner M, Hug SE and Daniel H-D (2012) Indicators
for research quality in the humanities:
Opportunities and limitations.
Bibliometrie—Praxis und Forschung; 1, 4.
KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and
Sciences). (2011). Quality indicators for research
in the humanities.
Hug SE and Ochsner M (2014) A framework to
explore and develop criteria for assessing
research quality in the humanities. International
Journal of Education Law and Policy; 10 (1):
55–68.
Gogolin I, Astrom F and Hansen A (eds) (2014)
Assessing Quality in European Educational
Research.
Guetzkow, J., Lamont, M., & Mallard, G. (2004). What
is originality in the social sciences and the
humanities? American Sociological Review,
69(2), 190–212.

12. European Commission Expert Group on Altmetrics.
“Next General Metrics”. (2017).

15. Lesson #1:
There are probably not
“core values” among all
humanists and social scientists.

16. Lesson #2:
There are likely shared values in
organizations and departments.

17. Are my methods reproducible?
Do I show creativity in my
approach?
Does my body of work advance
knowledge in my field?
Am I intentional in my approach?

18. Quality: book reviews, peer reviews
Reproducibility: cited in Methods, “forked” on
Github
Creativity: interdisciplinary citing, new formats,
depth of elaboration
Advancing knowledge: sustained citations over
time, awards, sustained social media discussions
Intentionality: time spent/depth of thinking,
regular reflection upon goals

19. How can you measure
progress towards your
values?

20. Learn more
humetricshss.org
@humetrics Special thanks to:

21. Thank you!
stacy@altmetric.com
@skonkiel