Article-level Metrics at PLoS: What are they and why should you care?

Lecture | November 9 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 127 Dwinelle Hall

Speaker/Performer: Peter Binfieild, Managing Editor, PLoS ONE

Sponsor: Library, The

The Impact Factor of a journal (a measure of the number of citations to an entire journal) is commonly cited as an indicator of the quality of individual articles within that journal. With the advent of the internet it is now possible to measure the worth of an individual article via so called 'Article-Level Metrics' (metrics which include citations, usage, bookmarks, blog coverage, and post publication commentary for a single article).

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