Get hands on!
Tasks to Earn the Badge <--three steps (things in threes are great) (approx. 45mins / 400 words, make this a template that can be copied by learners) <--how about a form? what data would we want to collect?
1. Analyze the impact of a published research article, including the following:
Basic Information
- Name of the article, with a DOI or URL to it
- Name of the journal it was published in
- Impact factor of that journal <--where do we get this figure?
- License the article was under (at that location)
Analysis
- Name of tool used to view altmetrics on the article (with link, if applicable)
- Screenshot or printed page of results from altmetrics report (with a link if possible)
- Alternative metric that was significant, or one that you found interesting (and tell why!)
2. Analyze the impact of an alternative research product, including the following:
- Basic Information
- Type of research product (slideshow presentation, dataset, software, conference proceeding, poster, blog post)
- Name of the product, with a DOI or URL to it
- Name of the host (repository, website, etc)
- Link to object/product
Analysis
- Name of tool used to view altmetrics on the research product
- Screenshot or printed page of results from altmetrics report (with a link if possible)
- Alternative metric that was most significant, or one that you found interesting (and tell why!)
3) Explain your experience analyzing the impact of a research article and an alternative research product, answering the following questions:
- How useful and usable was the tool you used to for analysis?
Example:
http://www.plosone.org/article/metrics/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000718 (from Camron)
http://impactstory.org/faq#toc_3_9 (where's my favorite metric? list of altmetrics tools)