PRESS RELEASE
13 February 2014
For Immediate Release
HighWire Offers Altmetric Integrated Article Level Metrics to Publishers
(PDF: http://bit.ly/AlmetricHighWire)
Stanford, CA & London, UK - 13 February 2014 - - HighWire Press and
Altmetric LLP are pleased to announce the completion of an agreement to
offer altmetrics integration to publications hosted on the HighWire Open
Platform.
This new agreement will enable leading publications on HighWire to join
prestigious publishers such as the National Academy of Sciences and Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in displaying Altmetric data beside their
research articles online.
"HighWire and Altmetric have simplified the implementation process to
minimize cost barriers across the board," said Bill Matthews, HighWire's
Director of Business
Development. "This is a logical step in support of our publisher partners
and their readers and authors."
"We are delighted to be working with HighWire on this new initiative," said
Euan Adie, founder of Altmetric.com. "With an established relationship with
their publishing
partners, this agreement will ensure a smooth and rapid implementation of
our data on any hosted title."
Developed as a complementary measure to the traditional tools of citation
and download counts, altmetrics have gained traction in recent years as a
more immediate method
of monitoring and analysing the dissemination of a research article.
Altmetric.com tracks a variety of sources, including news, social media,
bookmarking and peer-review forums, to provide data on the online activity
surrounding a research
article. This activity, or 'mentions', are then displayed visually via the
Altmetric 'donut' - and assigned a score based on the volume, source and
author of the mentions.
Readers can click through to view the original mention and explore the news
stories, tweets, blogs and more for themselves.
This data is valuable to authors and readers alike as they attempt to gain
an understanding of the wider dissemination of the research, and enables
them to join in the online
conversation amongst audiences they may not otherwise have been aware of.
Publishers with an interest in adding altmetrics data to their journal
articles are encouraged to contact their HighWire Press representative.
About Altmetric LLP
Founded in 2011 by Euan Adie, Altmetric LLP is focussed on making article
level metrics easy. We track what people are saying about papers online on
behalf of authors,
international publishers, funders and institutions. Altmetric is a
portfolio company of Digital Science. To find out more about what we do,
the services we offer, and
our client list, please visit www.altmetric.com. Twitter: @altmetric
About HighWire
Stanford University's HighWire Press provides technology solutions for the
scholarly community through its innovative HighWire Open Platform. Since
its inception, HighWire
offers digital content development and hosting services, a customizable
peer-review manuscript submission system, cross-publisher librarian tools,
and strategic consultation
for organizations which produce high-impact journals, books, and other
scholarly publications. highwire.stanford.edu | Twitter: @highwirepress
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