Metrics
Scopus citations, PlumX og Altmetrics
Your publications mey get metrics imported from Scopus, PlumX and Altmetrics. This happens automatically if your publications have a DOI or source ID from a citation database.
The metrics are imported to show the prevalence and reproduction of your research. There is no central reporting on metrics, either at individual, group or department level.
Good to know:
- Metrics are displayed only on the Pure portal, i.e. on the details view below your personal homepage.
- You don't have the option to opt out of importing and displaying metrics.
- The metrics appear on a publication only if metric data has been imported. For example, your publication will never display "0 citations (Scopus)".
- Metrics cannot be aggregated anywhere on the portal - they are only displayed on individual publications.
Scopus citations
Scopus is one of the world's largest citation databases. Scopus is owned by Elsevier, the company behind Pure. The database covers a wide range and far back in time. However, database coverage is best for the clinical area as well as natural and technical sciences.
Scopus citations are displayed aggregated. The number of citations written on your publication will thus always be the sum of citations from the entire life of the publication. See the example to the right.
PlumX
PlumX is an alternative metric in the sense that it looks at parameters other than citations. This is, for example, number of shares on social media, mentions in news media, blog posts and much more. To the right, you can see an example from a publication from AU.
The top dot on the right is usually left blank. This covers "Usage" - this is, for example: downloads, views or clicks. This, thankfully, is complemented by Pure's own built-in download metric displayed separately. The example at the top of this page shows the download-metrics.
When you log on to PURE, you will see PlumX in the upper right corner of your home page. Here you see the sum of PlumX metrics from your publications. The large number is your total, while the small number is the development since the last time your numbers were updated. Only you can see these numbers.
Altmetrics
Altmetrics is an alternative metric. Altmetrics monitors among other things: number of shares on social media and publicity in news media. Altmetrics will often provide a more nuanced description of how your publication has been used. To the right, you can see an example from a publication here from AU, where references on Wikipedia and the amount of registered readers in Mendeley are listed.
Altmetrics does not show downloads, which, however, are supplemented with Pure's own monitoring of this. The image on the top of this page shows an example of this.
