Plum Analytics Explained

Plum Analytics is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based altmetrics company dedicated to measuring the influence of scientific research.

History

It was founded in 2011 by Andrea Michalek, who is its current president, and Mike Buschman. It was acquired by Elsevier in February 2017, which purchased it from EBSCO Information Services for an undisclosed amount.^{[1] [2]} Its metrics were immediately incorporated into Elsevier's existing products, including Mendeley and Scopus.^{[3] [4]}

Product and services

PlumX

Plum Analytics is best known for PlumX, which was the company's first product. PlumX is an online tool that provides altmetrics for peer-reviewed journal articles and other scholarly works ^[5] by aggregating information from different sources including Wikipedia.^[6] In August 2015, Plum Analytics released the "PlumX Suite", which consists of five separate products: Metrics, Dashboards, +Grants, Benchmarks, and Funding Opportunities.^[7]

See also

• figshare
• Altmetrics

External links

• • Twitter Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elsevier Acquires Plum Analytics To Measure Research Performance . Jones . Donovan . 2017-02-07 . Seeking Alpha.
2. Web site: Elsevier acquires Plum Analytics . Research Information . 2018-06-01.
3. Elsevier Acquires Leading 'Altmetrics' Provider Plum Analytics . 2017-02-02 . en . 2018-02-25 . Elsevier.
4. Web site: Elsevier Continues to Expand Journal Analytics Through Acquisition . 2017-02-03 . Campus Technology . en . 2018-02-25.
5. Champieux . Robin . January 2015 . PlumX . Journal of the Medical Library Association . 103 . 1 . 63–64 . 10.3163/1536-5050.103.1.019 . 4279944.
6. Williams . Ann . 2017 . Altmetrics: An Overview and Evaluation . Online Information Review . 41 . 3 . 311–314. 10.1108/OIR-10-2016-0294 .
7. PlumX Suite Now Available from Plum™ Analytics . 2015-08-03 . en-US . 2018-10-17 . Plum Analytics.