PlumX Metrics

PlumX Metrics is a comprehensive research impact analytics tool that tracks and measures the performance of scholarly works across multiple channels and platforms. Developed by Elsevier, PlumX provides insights into how research outputs are being used, shared, and cited, offering a broader view of research impact beyond traditional citations.

By categorizing metrics into five categories—Usage, Captures, Mentions, Social Media, and Citations—PlumX Metrics gives researchers, institutions, and publishers a clear understanding of the real-world impact and reach of their scholarly work. It integrates seamlessly with academic platforms, making it a powerful tool for demonstrating research value and influence.

Key Features

1. Five Categories of Metrics

   • Usage: Tracks how often research outputs are viewed, downloaded, or accessed across platforms.

   • Captures: Measures bookmarks, favorites, and saves that indicate ongoing reader interest.

   • Mentions: Monitors references to research in news articles, blogs, and Wikipedia.

   • Social Media: Captures activity on platforms like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Reddit to show online engagement.

   • Citations: Tracks formal academic citations from sources like Scopus, PubMed, and CrossRef.

2. Real-Time Data Collection

   • Continuously gathers data from a wide range of sources to provide up-to-date insights into research impact.

3. Visual Impact Reports

   • Presents impact metrics using visually engaging dashboards, graphs, and Plum Print, a graphical summary of metrics.

4. Comprehensive Research Coverage

   • Measures research across all types of scholarly outputs: articles, books, conference proceedings, videos, datasets, and patents.

5. Integration with Institutional Platforms

   • Seamlessly integrates with repositories, library systems, and research databases to aggregate and display impact metrics.

6. Altmetrics Beyond Citations

   • Demonstrates research engagement and influence through alternative metrics, including online and public interactions.

7. Researcher and Institutional Profiles

   • Provides customizable dashboards to display the impact of specific researchers, departments, or institutions.

8. Data Export and Reporting

   • Export PlumX data into CSV and Excel formats for further analysis, sharing, or reporting purposes.

9. Compliance and Benchmarking

   • Benchmark research impact against global or institutional peers and demonstrate compliance with research funding requirements.

10. Publisher Integration

    • Publishers can integrate PlumX Metrics into journals, articles, and platforms to showcase their research’s reach and influence.

Use Cases

1. Researchers

   • Measure the reach and influence of research outputs across academic and public platforms.

   • Use real-time metrics to track article downloads, citations, and social media engagement.

2. Academic Institutions

   • Demonstrate the impact of faculty research to funders, partners, and stakeholders.

   • Benchmark research performance across departments and institutional peers.

3. Publishers

   • Highlight the real-world impact of published articles by embedding PlumX Metrics on journal platforms.

   • Attract authors and readers with transparent impact measurement.

4. Librarians

   • Provide researchers and administrators with evidence of research engagement.

   • Analyze content performance within institutional repositories.

5. Funding Agencies

   • Evaluate the ROI of research funding by understanding how outputs are used, shared, and cited.

6. Authors and Content Creators

   • Measure engagement for diverse research outputs, including datasets, videos, and presentations.

Benefits

• Holistic Impact Measurement: Captures metrics beyond traditional citations, offering a 360-degree view of research impact.

• Real-Time Insights: Tracks engagement across platforms in real time for accurate, up-to-date data.

• Enhanced Visibility: Highlights how research is used, shared, and discussed globally.

• Actionable Data: Provides insights that researchers and institutions can use to improve visibility and outreach.

• Improved Funding Success: Helps researchers demonstrate the influence and relevance of their work to secure grants.

• Benchmarking: Enables comparison of research impact across departments, institutions, or global peers.

• Versatile Coverage: Measures a variety of research outputs, including non-traditional formats like datasets and presentations.

Ideal Users

• Researchers: To measure and showcase the impact of their scholarly work.

• Academic Institutions: For tracking institutional research performance and reporting to stakeholders.

• Publishers: To add value to published content by demonstrating its real-world engagement.

• Librarians: For analyzing repository performance and supporting research impact assessments.

• Funding Agencies: To evaluate research outcomes and grant ROI.

• Authors: To understand and communicate the broader impact of their contributions.

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