More on impact factors and complementary metrics

As promised in the most recent post, here is the presentation we gave on impact factors, altmetrics, and all that jazz.

Impact factor, altmetrics etc. from Information Learning Services, York St John University

There have been various updates in this area this week, especially when it comes to altmetrics. The company that runs this service announced some changes in the way they display metrics data to users. Some researchers, having looked into this further, are worried that it will affect their ability to evaluate how their work is being used. We're going to look into this more ourselves, but it is clear that measuring research impact and influence has moved far beyond the traditional journal impact factor already.