Presentation given by Michael Ladisch, UCD Bibliographic Services Librarian, and Joseph Greene, UCD Research Repository Librarian, at CONUL Annual Seminar, June 3-4, 2015, Athlone, Ireland.

1. “Let’s Work Together”
UCD Research, UCD Library
and Altmetrics
Michael Ladisch & Joseph Greene
UCD Library
michael.ladisch@ucd.ie
joseph.greene@ucd.ie

2. UCD Library and UCD Research Collaborations
• Research Repository UCD – Research Management System
• Sharing bibliometrics tools – InCites & SciVal
• Quality Review support for Schools/Institutes
• Digital Technologies workshops
• Altmetrics
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015

3. Altmetrics
Altmetrics?
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015
• New way of measuring different, non-traditional forms of impact
• Helps researchers to get credit for a broad range of impact activities
• Complementary to traditional citation-based analysis
Benefits:
• More timely
• Societal impact
• Capturing non-traditional
outputs
Caveats:
• No standards (yet)
• Limited use of social media in
research (still)
• Open to gaming

4. Altmetrics
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015

5. Altmetrics
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015
Three major players
http://www.altmetric.com/ http://www.plumanalytics.com/
https://impactstory.org/

6. Research Repository UCD and Altmetrics
• Queensland U. of Tech.: ‘Impact and Interest’
feature (OR2014)
• Uses free APIs to include Altmetric data (badges,
or ‘donuts’)
• Only top three mentions available when using free
API or without institutional subscription
• Low risk implementation: easy and free to add
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015

7. RRU and Altmetrics
• Queensland U. of Tech.: ‘Impact and Interest’
feature (OR2014)
• Potential to draw attention to RRU, increase
uploads
• Built locally to include downloads, Scopus citations
and Altmetric.com’s (free) API
• Only top three mentions when using free API
• UCD Research saw potential at institutional level
• Mentions in gov’t policy papers = direct
evidence of societal impact
• Purchased one year subscription

8. RRU and Altmetrics
• Built locally in Nov. 2014 to include downloads,
Scopus citations and Altmetric.com’s (free) API
• Potential to draw attention to the repository,
increase uploads
• Only ‘trick’ is embedding the DOI dynamically
(other identifiers can be used)
http://api.altmetric.com/embeds.html
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015

9. RRU and Altmetrics
• Queensland U. of Tech.: ‘Impact and Interest’
feature (OR2014)
• Potential to draw attention to RRU, increase
uploads
• Built locally to include downloads, Scopus citations
and Altmetric.com’s (free) API
• Only top three mentions when using free API
• UCD Research saw potential at institutional level
• Mentions in gov’t policy papers = direct
evidence of societal impact
• Purchased one year subscription

10. RRU and Altmetrics
• Demonstrated to UCD Office of Research in
December 2014
• UCD Research saw potential at institutional level
• Mentions in gov’t policy papers = direct
evidence of societal impact
• Purchased one year subscription in early 2015

11. Altmetric for Institutions
Implementation
• UCD Research took up one year subscription
• UCD Research provided DOIs for tracking
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015

12. Altmetric for Institutions
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015

13. Altmetric for Institutions
Pilot phase
• UCD Library provides “training” for individual
researchers, research administrators
• Tab on Bibliometrics LibGuide
• Informal working group (UCD Research/UCD
Library) on use of altmetrics
• UCD Research working group Communication
Supports for Enhanced Dissemination
M. Ladisch & J. Greene, UCD Library
June 2015
Problems?
• Not really ….
• To clarify who does what

14. Thank you!
Contact:
Michael Ladisch
Email: michael.ladisch@ucd.ie
Phone: +353 (0)1 716 7530
Twitter: MichaelUCDLib
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-5582
Joseph Greene
Email: joseph.greene@ucd.ie
Phone: +353 (0)1 716 7398