The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has announced that two leading organisations are implementing Article-Level Metrics (ALM) using the PLOS open source app. In 2009, PLOS became the first (and claims to remain the only) publisher to launch an open source Article-Level Metrics (ALM) app to help other publishers implement ALM on their journals.
The Public Knowledge Project (PKP, provides software used by thousands of journals and hosting services to publishers like Co-Action Publishing) and Copernicus Publications (an innovative Open Access publisher) are both launching ALM programs based on the PLOS app.
ALM's give publishers' critical insight into the effectiveness of their programs, including highlighting articles that generate the most activity. Other publishers that have introduced ALMs include Biomed Central, eLife, Nature Publishing Group and PeerJ, among others.
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