What can be measured?
What impact can be measured?
Four ways to measure impact
Source: Priem, J.; Taraborelli, D.; Groth, P.; Neylon, C. Altmetrics: a manifesto 10.2.2015
Different disciplines have markedly different publishing and citing patterns. These include:
Consequences
The Finnish national guide to publication metrics - The guide introduces the main concepts of publication metrics and methods for analysing different subjects based on publications. The guide presents a wide range of different indicators, data sources and tools. The responsible use of publication metrics plays a central role in the content of the guide, which, in addition to its own chapter, is embedded in other chapters of the guide as a
Leiden manifesto - Ten principles to guide research evaluation
DORA - San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
Good practice in researcher evaluation - Recommendation for the responsible evaluation of a researcher in Finland
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You can contact library's metrics team for advice and to discuss your metrics needs.