Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company, is continuing to expand its ability to provide answers about the impact of research with a new data visualisation feature. Plum Analytics has introduced a new section of analytics into PlumX™ that moves beyond reporting on big data to provide novel insights. The new analytics feature gives anyone who interacts and uses research key insights into the trends and stories behind the citation, usage, social media and other data PlumX collects from dozens of online sources.
PlumX is an impact dashboard that provides information on how research output is being utilised, interacted with, and talked about around the world. It delivers a more complete picture of research and answers questions about research impact by gathering metrics from the places people interact with research artifacts such as articles, clinical trials, blog posts, grants, books, theses/dissertations, webpages and more. These metrics are then categorised into Usage, Captures, Mentions, Social Media and Citations.
The new Analytics tool builds upon the existing features, allowing users to see trends and logical comparisons of groups, artifact types, metric categories and more. The interactive charts will be helpful for those who fund, perform, support or publish research to help understand more about the interaction with their research. This will help answer questions about potential collaborators, promotion efforts, new researchers' work and more.
