Altmetrics in Article Databases
Some e-journals and online databases (Wiley Online Library, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Academic Search Premiere, etc.), have embedded article-level altmetrics from Plum Analytics (PlumX Metrics), Altmetric (AM Score) or other third parties.
PlumX Metrics
EBSCOhost Research Databases
(e.g. Academic Search Premiere, MLA, America: History and Life, CINAHL) and Scopus are now employing Plum Analytics' PlumX Metrics, which can be viewed in some databases via the Plum Print and PlumX Metrics (altmetrics) sections of an article result.
Academic Search Premiere (EBSCOhost) article-level view of PlumX Metrics:
The Plum Print visualizes scholarly engagement, includes 5 categories of metrics and is designed to communicate engagement via specific unique metrics without an overall score.
- PlumX MetricsPlumX Metrics provide insights into the ways people interact with individual pieces of research output (articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, and many more) in the online environment. Examples include, when research is mentioned in the news or is tweeted about. Collectively known as PlumX Metrics, these metrics are divided into five categories to help make sense of the huge amounts of data involved and to enable analysis by comparing like with like.
Databases displaying Altmetric scores
1. Cochrane Library
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new windowOn Cochrane Library, simply hover over the 'AM Score' Article Metrics' link (on the left of the main article page, underneath the Title and Author information for the article) to view the Altmetric data.
2. Wiley Online Library
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowWiley Online Library has the same interface as Cochrane Library. Simply hover over the 'AM Score' Article Metrics' link (on the left of the main article page, underneath the Title and Author information for the article) to view the Altmetric data.
- Wiley Online Library - AltmetricsMore information on using Altmetric in Wiley Online Library.
3. SpringerLink
In SpringerLink, click on the Share icon (see below) to visit a page with full Altmetric details for the article.
- SpringerLink This link opens in a new windowJournals, books, series, and protocols in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics.