Measuring research impact with Altmetric

YSJ offers a new way to measure research impact through a subscription to Altmetric. This service is designed to offer an alternative to journal impact factors (impact factors measure importance by quantifying how many times and where in the scholarly literature research has been cited). Altmetric looks at where research is mentioned in grey literature like government reports, popular media, social media, online and elsewhere. It is particularly good for getting a quick early snapshot of who is talking about research and where.

Altmetric will automatically analyse all research outputs uploaded to RaY and there are a number of different ways to explore the data. More information on how Altmetric works is available on the ILS website.