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Research Impact for STEMM - a self-help guide

This guide will assist researchers in the STEMM disciplines to find bibliometrics to demonstrate the impact of their research outputs.

Altmetrics

Example Statement

My work on genetics of addiction has received a high level of social media coverage and has been reported in New Scientist and Medical Daily.

Altmetric Explorer


 

1. Go to Altmetric Explorer

2. Search for the article or,  search for author and then select the article

3. Select ‘Analyze these results’ for a breakdown of ‘mentions’

4. Select chart measures for further information

PlumX Metrics

 

 

 

1. Go to Scopus

2. Search for the article

3. From the results, click on the title to show document details

4. From the panel on the right hand side, PlumX Metrics icon

5. Scroll down to view an overview of the PlumX Metrics or click on 'See details' to go to PlumX for a full summary.

Publisher Downloads

Example Statement

My article "Screening women for ....." has been downloaded 247 times from the publisher's website in the past 6 months.

 

 

1. Go to Scopus

2. Search for the article

3. From the results, click on the title to show document details

4. Click on ‘View at Publisher’

5. View metrics available are publisher specific and may not be available