NISO Update June 28, 2015 - Altmetrics Lagace
The NISO Altmetrics Initiative aims to standardize commonly understood definitions, measurements, and data sharing practices for altmetrics to ensure consistent application across the community. Following a series of brainstorming sessions and community feedback phases, the initiative is moving towards the development of definitions and strategies to enhance data quality. Final recommendations for the initiative are expected to be published by August 2016 after a trial use period.
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- 1. The NISO AltmetricsInitiative NISO Update ALA Annual – June 28, 2015 Nettie Lagace (@abugseye) NISO Associate Director for Programs
- 3. Why worth funding? •In order to move out of “pilot” and “proof-of- concept” phases … • Altmetrics must coalesce around commonly understood definitions, calculations and data sharing practices • Altmetrics must be able to be audited • Organizations who want to apply metrics will need to understand them and ensure consistent application and meaning across the community
- 4. Phase 1: Brainstorming October9, 2013 - San Francisco, CA December 11, 2013 - Washington, DC January 23-24, 2014 - Philadelphia, PA Round of 1-on-1 interviews – March/Apr Phase 1 report published in June 2014
- 5. June 26-27, 20155 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Unimportant Of little importance Moderately important Important Very important n=118 Community Feedback on Project Idea Themes
- 6. Phase 2: Development Presentationsof Phase 1 report (June 2014) Prioritization Effort (June - Nov, 2014) Project approval (Nov - Dec 2014) Working group formation (Jan - March 2015) Consensus Development (March 2015 - Feb 2016) Trial Use Period (Feb 15 - May 16) Publication of final recommendations (Aug 16)
- 8. Working Groups • Adevelopment of definitions and descriptions of use • Bdefinitions for appropriate metrics and calculation methodologies for specific output types and promotion and facilitation of use of persistent identifiers • C development of strategies to improve data quality through source data providers.
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- 10. Calendar • April 2015– Group(s) start working • October 2015 – Draft document(s) • Fall 2015 – Comment period(s) • November 2015 – NISO Report to Sloan Foundation • Spring 2016 – Completion of final draft(s)
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Editor's Notes
- #6 Develop specific definitions for alternative assessment metrics. (87.9%) Promote and facilitate use of persistent identifiers in scholarly communications. (82.8%) Develop strategies to improve data quality through normalization of source data across providers. (80.8%) Identify research output types that are applicable to the use of metrics. (79.8%) Define appropriate metrics and calculation methodologies for specific output types, such as software, datasets, or performances. (78.1%) Explore creation of standardized APIs or download or exchange formats to facilitate data gathering. (72.5%) Research issues surrounding the reproducibility of metrics across providers. (70.7%)