Metrics from Plum Analytics will now include usage statistics for articles and books that are available from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) databases and EBSCO Discovery Service. The article-level data from these databases will allow Plum Analytics' product PlumX to provide usage statistics on articles and books from tens of thousands of providers. This collaboration marks the first time the wealth of information about the actual usage per article such as abstract views, downloads, etc. can be measured across publishers.
Usage is one of five categories of metrics in PlumX, an impact dashboard that provides information on how research output is being utilized, 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 around 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.
Plum Analytics became a wholly owned subsidiary of EBSCO in January of 2014 and Plum Analytics President Andrea Michalek says that the relationship will help in achieving the goal to include metrics from as many sources as possible.
Plum Analytics claims to be the only company synthesizing metrics data for custom analysis for each organisation and for publishers and presenting the metrics in a variety of ways including data visualizations like the Plum Print, dashboards, and widgets.
