Computing and Using Metrics in the ADS

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Computing and Using Metrics in ADS

Edwin Henneken Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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Metrics“performing informetrics"

study quantitative aspects of information: + bibliometrics (recorded information) + scientometrics (science)

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Metrics“performing informetrics"

“Create statements about the culture, sociology, evolution &

impact of publishing (in astronomy)”

Larivière, V. (2012), Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 38 (6), 12-17

Titles Abstracts

Bibliometrics in Literature

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Metrics

Caveat Emptor

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”

Albert Einstein

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ADSDifferent Audiences Have Different Needs

+ Researchers + Project Managers + Publishers + Librarians

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Generate publication statistics for person, group, project, instrument, grant, …

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Explore trends in journal content, journal position, impact

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“canned” metrics

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“canned” metrics

“custom” metrics

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Computing

Canned

“Select Records & Press a Button”

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Computing Canned

“What are the publication statistics for Adam G. Riess, for first-authored, refereed papers, published in the time period 2000-2013?”

http://labs.adsabs.harvard.edu/adsabs/page/help/search

author:”^Riess, Adam G.” year:2000-2013 property:"refereed"

For query syntax, visit:


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Get report data in Excel

Get report data in PDF

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Computing Canned

A Few Words About the Metrics Results

+ tori + Read10

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Read10 index

“current readership rate for papers published in the most recent 10 years,

normalized for number of authors”

tori index

“indicator for the total amount of scholarly work that others have devoted to his/her work,

measured in the volume of research papers.”

Pepe, A. & Kurtz, M.J. (2012), PLoS ONE, 7, 46428

Kurtz, M.J. et al. (2005), Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 56, 111

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Computing

Custom

“Meet the Powerful New ADS Query Syntax!”

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Computing

Custom (example)

“How has the role of a given journal changed over time for a given field?”

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Computing Custom

http://labs.adsabs.harvard.edu/adsabs/page/help/searchFor query syntax, visit:

“How has the role of a given journal changed over time for a given field?” For example: “The Astrophysical Journal (main section)” & “weak lensing”

+ How many papers on the subject appear in the journal? + How often is the journal cited by papers on the subject?


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Computing Custom

http://labs.adsabs.harvard.edu/adsabs/page/help/searchFor query syntax, visit:

“How has the role of a given journal changed over time for a given field?” For example: “The Astrophysical Journal (main section)” & “weak lensing”

"weak lensing" bibstem:"ApJ" -page:"L*" year:2013

references(“weak lensing" year:2013) bibstem:”ApJ” -page:"L*"


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Using

+ download results (Excel, PDF) + generate results programmatically

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Generate results programmatically

Application Programming Interface

https://github.com/adsabs/adsabs-dev-api

To obtain access to the ADS Developer API you must do two things: !1. Log in to the newest version of the ADS search interface

(with existing “Classic ADS” account, otherwise make new) 2. Apply for and receive a developer token using the Signup Form

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“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Albert Einstein

READ IT!

Nature, vol. 446, 870-872

Metrics are Useful,

in the Right C

ontext

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[email protected]

@adsabs

adslabs.org

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/beyond-bibliometrics

orcid: 0000-0003-4264-2450

Computing and Using Metrics in the ADS

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