VTC Institutional Repository: PlumX - Analytic tool

Bibliometrics

• The research community can rely on citation counts (e.g. with citation tracking tools, such as Scopus) to determine and evaluate research performance of your own research.

PlumX for VTC IR

• The measures are divided into 5 categories of metrics:
  Usage, Citations, Mentions, Social Media & Captures 

5 categories of PlumX

1) Usage: it includes the traditional counts of downloads and online clicks for various views

2)  Citations:  metrics tools CrossRef, Scopus, and PubMed are used to see who's citing this publication.

3) Mentions: blog posts, comments, reviews and Wikipedia links about your research

4) Social Media: the +1s (Google Plus), likes (e.g. Youtube), shares (Facebook), and tweets about your research

5) Captures: Bookmarks, Favorites, Readers (e.g. Mendeley) indicate end users' tendency to revisit the work.  Also an indicator of future citations.

For details, please visit PlumX website.