Kudos, which helps researchers and institutions maximise the impact and visibility of their publications, has announced a partnership with Thomson Reuters through which Kudos author dashboards will be augmented with citation data from Web of Science, the premier web-based platform for scientific search and discovery and the authority in science, social science, and arts and humanities indices.
Kudos provides a platform through which academics can ensure their work is more widely visible, and for measuring the effect of different activities that support discovery. Thomson Reuters provides authoritative citation data relating to publication performance.
Citations remain a critical measure of the impact of a researcher's work, and Thomson Reuters is a recognised authority for providing citation data. The Kudos author dashboard already includes a wide variety of peer-interest metrics relating to publications, such as downloads from publisher sites (for participating publishers), altmetric data, and click-throughs from author sharing activities on the Kudos platform. Over time, it is envisaged that the aggregation of these and other datasets will help authors, their institutions or publishers understand the most effective activities and channels for explaining and sharing research.
