Category: Altmetric

  • The Altmetric Top 100: Most Popular Scientific Studies of 2017

    The Altmetric Top 100: Most Popular Scientific Studies of 2017

    Have you seen the Altmetric Top 100 list for 2017? Click here to see it now. In the past year, Altmetric has tracked over 18.5 million mentions of 2.2 million different research outputs. They have selected the top 100 most-discussed journal articles of 2017, ranked in order of their Altmetric Attention Score on November 15,…

  • Top Ten Highest Altmetric Attention Scoring Cochrane Database of Systematic Review Scholarly Articles for October 2017

    Top Ten Highest Altmetric Attention Scoring Cochrane Database of Systematic Review Scholarly Articles for October 2017

    It is well known that the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is considered the gold standard for evidence-based medicine. Did you know Essential Evidence Plus from STAT!Ref includes the latest and most up-to-date summaries of systematic reviews from the Cochrane Library?  Within EE+ you are able to access 5,800+ abstracts of Cochrane Systematic Reviews with…

  • Altmetrics for Librarians

    Altmetrics for Librarians

    Have you downloaded the Altmetrics for Librarians: 100+ tips, tricks, and examples ebook from Altmetric? This ebook provides resources for planning outreach and workshops on your campus, how to use altmetrics to make collection development decisions, the best places to learn about developments in altmetrics that affect libraries and much more. Did you know that…

  • Altmetric and Engaging Your Users

    In a recent blog post by Altmetric called “The power of ‘being social’” they discuss how powerful social media can be in making books more visible and beneficial in helping to make content more widely read. They state “These scenarios are just a small snapshot of the huge amount of engagement we see happening online every…

  • STAT!Ref Innovations: Bringing You the Newest Technology Solutions in Healthcare Reference

    STAT!Ref Innovations: Bringing You the Newest Technology Solutions in Healthcare Reference

    Have you heard? STAT!Ref has recently evolved and our offerings have greatly expanded with growing partnerships. Our goal is to provide the newest technology solutions in healthcare reference, all available in one place. Have you seen the STAT!Ref Innovations: Leading News quarterly e-mail recently sent to subscribers? Please click here to see it now. The campaign focuses…

  • Altmetric Badges in STAT!Ref

    You may have noticed that we now display Almetric badges in STAT!Ref through EE+ Cochrane Systematic Reviews, EE+ POEMs, Evidence Alerts, Decker content databases on STAT!Ref, using chapter-level DOIs and Supplement-Goals Reference Guide and Research Digest. How do these Altmetric badges work? Altmetric LLP, who provides the data, collect article level metrics and the online…

  • STAT!Ref and Altmetric

    Researchers, funders and institutions are increasingly concerned about the impact of their work and return on their investments. As a result, there has been a desire in the scholarly community to gain a better understanding of the reach and attention a paper receives beyond the academic sphere. ‘Altmetrics,’ or alternative metrics, have evolved to help…