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Introducing Scopus’ Article-Level Metrics
Mike Taylor
mi.taylor@elsevier.com
@herrison
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-5985
Library Connect Webinar:
Article, author and journal metrics: what librarians need to know
12 November 2015
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Contents
• Context for article-level metrics – what are altmetrics?
• 2014 in Article-Level Metrics
• Introducing Scopus’ Article-Level Metrics
- Citation
- Scholarly Activity
- Scholarly Commentary
- Mass Media
- Social Activity
- Future plans
• Differences between disciplines
• Altmetric conferences
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2014 in Article-Level Metrics (2.4M publications)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Pinterest (Active papers = 0, Total = 0)
Linkedin (Active papers = 9, Total = 10)
QA (Active papers = 108, Total = 117)
policy (Active papers = 684, Total = 977)
Publons (Active papers = 740, Total = 1904)
Pubpeer (Active papers = 1343, Total = 4447)
Video (Active papers = 2040, Total = 2710)
Weibo (Active papers = 3687, Total = 12701)
Reddit (Active papers = 5114, Total = 7391)
Wikipedia (Active papers = 5412, Total = 7622)
F1000 Prime (Active papers = 6232, Total = 7411)
Google+ (Active papers = 18171, Total = 43492)
Citeulike (Active papers = 26279, Total = 40200)
News (Active papers = 37541, Total = 178910)
Blogs (Active papers = 37700, Total = 73129)
Facebook (Active papers = 79089, Total = 300174)
Mendeley Groups (Active papers = 244089, Total = 378206)
Twitter (Active papers = 434041, Total = 3231833)
Citation (Active papers = 858009, Total = 2614670)
Mendeley (Active papers = 1380616, Total = 9373597)
2 or more (n)
1 only (n)
0 / zero (n)
Taylor, Michael (2015): Engineers Don't Blog and Other
Stories (why Scopus uses subject area benchmarking).
figshare.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1568135
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How to find Article-Level Metrics on Scopus
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Article-Level Metrics on Scopus
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Article-Level Metrics - Citation
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Article-Level
Metrics –
Scholarly
Activity
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Article-Level
Metrics –
Scholarly
Commentary
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Article-Level
Metrics – Mass
Media
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Article-Level Metrics – Social Activity
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Discipline differences: citation (l) vs scholarly activity (r)
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Engineering
Mathematics
Arts and Humanities
Physics and Astronomy
Materials Science
Energy
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Social Sciences
Computer Science
Nursing
Veterinary
Decision Sciences
Medicine
Pharmacology, Toxicology and…
Business, Management and…
Economics, Econometrics and…
Health Professions
Dentistry
Chemistry
Environmental Science
General journals (eg, Nature,…
Agricultural and Biological…
Chemical Engineering
Immunology and Microbiology
Biochemistry, Genetics and…
Psychology
Neuroscience
2 or
more
(%)0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Arts and Humanities (N = 104461)
Social Sciences (N = 189083)
Business, Management and…
Economics, Econometrics and…
Mathematics (N = 147434)
Engineering (N = 438717)
Veterinary (N = 21584)
Nursing (N = 48383)
Dentistry (N = 14035)
Decision Sciences (N = 21545)
Health Professions (N = 31675)
Computer Science (N = 44086)
General journals (eg, Nature,…
Medicine (N = 779828)
Psychology (N = 60885)
Earth and Planetary Sciences (N…
Agricultural and Biological…
Pharmacology, Toxicology and…
Energy (N = 72737)
Physics and Astronomy (N =…
Environmental Science (N =…
Materials Science (N = 226507)
Immunology and Microbiology (N…
Biochemistry, Genetics and…
Neuroscience (N = 69249)
Chemical Engineering (N = 54126)
Chemistry (N = 128555)
2 or
more
(%)
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Altmetric conferences
• Five years since the term “altmetrics” was coined
• 2:AM Amsterdam www.altmetricsconference.com
• http://www.altmetricsconference.com/schedule/ - All videoed and put on
the schedule page. Kristi Holmes – particularly working watching
(Altmetrics in the Library session)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzpkWNIT48Lu2y6Qb3iG7g
• Future events in the US and Europe?
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Article-Level Metrics – The future
• Views and usage
• Research data metrics
• NISO standards
• Zotero
• Academic research, e.g., http://elsevier.kdu.insight-centre.org
Thank you!

Library Connect Webinar- Scopus’ Article-Level metrics

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    | 1 Introducing Scopus’Article-Level Metrics Mike Taylor mi.taylor@elsevier.com @herrison https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-5985 Library Connect Webinar: Article, author and journal metrics: what librarians need to know 12 November 2015
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    | 2 Contents • Contextfor article-level metrics – what are altmetrics? • 2014 in Article-Level Metrics • Introducing Scopus’ Article-Level Metrics - Citation - Scholarly Activity - Scholarly Commentary - Mass Media - Social Activity - Future plans • Differences between disciplines • Altmetric conferences
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    | 3 2014 inArticle-Level Metrics (2.4M publications) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Pinterest (Active papers = 0, Total = 0) Linkedin (Active papers = 9, Total = 10) QA (Active papers = 108, Total = 117) policy (Active papers = 684, Total = 977) Publons (Active papers = 740, Total = 1904) Pubpeer (Active papers = 1343, Total = 4447) Video (Active papers = 2040, Total = 2710) Weibo (Active papers = 3687, Total = 12701) Reddit (Active papers = 5114, Total = 7391) Wikipedia (Active papers = 5412, Total = 7622) F1000 Prime (Active papers = 6232, Total = 7411) Google+ (Active papers = 18171, Total = 43492) Citeulike (Active papers = 26279, Total = 40200) News (Active papers = 37541, Total = 178910) Blogs (Active papers = 37700, Total = 73129) Facebook (Active papers = 79089, Total = 300174) Mendeley Groups (Active papers = 244089, Total = 378206) Twitter (Active papers = 434041, Total = 3231833) Citation (Active papers = 858009, Total = 2614670) Mendeley (Active papers = 1380616, Total = 9373597) 2 or more (n) 1 only (n) 0 / zero (n) Taylor, Michael (2015): Engineers Don't Blog and Other Stories (why Scopus uses subject area benchmarking). figshare. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1568135
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    | 4 How tofind Article-Level Metrics on Scopus
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    | 10 Article-Level Metrics– Social Activity
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    | 11 Discipline differences:citation (l) vs scholarly activity (r) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Engineering Mathematics Arts and Humanities Physics and Astronomy Materials Science Energy Earth and Planetary Sciences Social Sciences Computer Science Nursing Veterinary Decision Sciences Medicine Pharmacology, Toxicology and… Business, Management and… Economics, Econometrics and… Health Professions Dentistry Chemistry Environmental Science General journals (eg, Nature,… Agricultural and Biological… Chemical Engineering Immunology and Microbiology Biochemistry, Genetics and… Psychology Neuroscience 2 or more (%)0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Arts and Humanities (N = 104461) Social Sciences (N = 189083) Business, Management and… Economics, Econometrics and… Mathematics (N = 147434) Engineering (N = 438717) Veterinary (N = 21584) Nursing (N = 48383) Dentistry (N = 14035) Decision Sciences (N = 21545) Health Professions (N = 31675) Computer Science (N = 44086) General journals (eg, Nature,… Medicine (N = 779828) Psychology (N = 60885) Earth and Planetary Sciences (N… Agricultural and Biological… Pharmacology, Toxicology and… Energy (N = 72737) Physics and Astronomy (N =… Environmental Science (N =… Materials Science (N = 226507) Immunology and Microbiology (N… Biochemistry, Genetics and… Neuroscience (N = 69249) Chemical Engineering (N = 54126) Chemistry (N = 128555) 2 or more (%)
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    | 12 Altmetric conferences •Five years since the term “altmetrics” was coined • 2:AM Amsterdam www.altmetricsconference.com • http://www.altmetricsconference.com/schedule/ - All videoed and put on the schedule page. Kristi Holmes – particularly working watching (Altmetrics in the Library session) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzpkWNIT48Lu2y6Qb3iG7g • Future events in the US and Europe?
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    | 13 Article-Level Metrics– The future • Views and usage • Research data metrics • NISO standards • Zotero • Academic research, e.g., http://elsevier.kdu.insight-centre.org Thank you!