Download - Tell the Story of Data with Metricsd-scholarship.pitt.edu/30636/1/collister-LSA-datametrics-poster.pdfTell the Story of Data with Metrics Good metrics rely on good infrastructure &

TelltheStoryofDatawithMetrics

Goodmetricsrelyongoodinfrastructure&stewardship!Toimprovecita-oncountsandaltmetrics:

•  GetaDOIforyourdatasetatarepositorylikeTROLLing,Dryad,orFigshare.•  Providegooddatadocumenta>on,includingapreferredcita-on.

•  Sharedataopenlyifpossibletoallowthegreatestaccesswiththelowestbarriersforentry.

•  Talkaboutyourdatasetonsocialmedia,blogs,conferenceposters,etc.

•  Usemetricswiselyandincontext;downloadsarenotthesameascita-onswhicharenotthesameasnewsmen-ons.

•  Askyourlibrarianforhelp!

LaurenB.CollisterScholarlyCommunica>onsLibrarian,UniversityofPiJsburgh

[email protected]|TwiJer@parnopaeusDownload&reusethisposter:d-scholarship.piJ.edu/30636

Datacita>onsare“cita>onsincludedinthereferencelistofapublica>onthatformallyciteeitherthedatathatledtoaresearchresultoradatapaper.”1

Sharingdatacanincreasecita>onstoapaperby9-69%2

References1Peters,I.,Kraker,P.,Lex,E.,Gumpenberger,C.,&Gorraiz,J.(2015).ResearchDataExplored:Cita-onsversus

Altmetrics.arxiv.org/abs/1501.03342

2 Piwowar, H. A., & Vision, T. J. (2013). Data reuse and the open data cita-on advantage. PeerJ, 1, e175.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.175

3Piwowar,H.A.,Carlson,J.D.,&Vision,T.J.(2011).Beginningtotrack1000datasetsfrompublicrepositoriesintothepublishedliterature.ProceedingsoftheAmericanSocietyforInforma-onScienceandTechnology,48(1),1–4.doi.org/10.1002/meet.2011.14504801337

4Torres-Salinas,D.,Maran-Maran,A.,&Fuente-Gu-érrez,E.(2014).AnalysisofthecoverageoftheDataCita-onIndex–ThomsonReuters:disciplines,documenttypesandrepositories.RevistaEspañoladeDocumentaciónCienafica,37(1),e036.DigitalLibraries.doi.org/10.3989/redc.2014.1.1114

5Costas,R.,Zahedi,Z.,&Wouters,P.(2015).Do“altmetrics”correlatewithcita-ons?Extensivecomparisonofaltmetricindicatorswithcita-onsfromamul-disciplinaryperspec-ve.JournaloftheAssocia-onforInforma-onScienceandTechnology,66(10),2003–2019.doi.org/10.1002/asi.23309

Benefits:Free,easytouse,catchesmen-onsinfulltext(~10%ofcita-onstodatasets3).Drawbacks:Uncertaintyofsources,nofilteringforself-cita-ons,inabilitytoimproveresults.

Findingcita>oncountsforadatasetinGoogle

Scholar.

Altmetrics“assessthe“societal”impactofresearchdatatoprovideamorecompletepictureofresearchuptake”.1

Somealtmetricshavebeenshowntopredictcita>ons(Mendeleyreaders,downloads);othersshowaJen>on

andinterest(news,blogmen>ons,socialmedia).5

Altmetricsforthedataset:Lawson,Stuart;Meghreblian,Ben;Brook,Michelle(2015):Journalsubscrip>oncosts-FOIstoUKuniversi>es.doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.1186832.v23

Howtofindaltmetricsfordata

Whatdoyouwanttoknow?Metricstellastoryaboutyourdata.Theinforma-onyouwantwilldeterminethekindsofmetricsyouseek.

Howarepeopleusingit?Haveotherstudiesbuiltonit?Hasitbeenextended?

Usedinotherfields?

Whatarepeoplesayingaboutit?Feedbackonmethod?Sharingwithcolleagues?

Isitgeongapen-on?

Benefits:MorerobustthanGoogleScholar,usesWebofScience.Drawbacks:Costs,accessibility,notablyfavorsphysical/medicalsciences.4

Howtofindcita>onsfordata

ImpactStory(Freeforindividuals,worksbestforitemsw/DOI.)

(Bestforitemsw/DOI,limiteddatashowninfreeversion,subscrip-ons

availableforins-tu-ons.)

PlumX(WorkswithoutDOI,butonly

capturesforthosew/ins-tu-onalsubscrip-on.)

AltmetricscanaddcontextonCVs,grants,tenureporsolios,&more.Forsomeexamples,visitpiJ.libguides.com/altmetrics/usecases