Altmetric functions of foreign current research information systems (CRIS-systems)

Abstract

Altmetric methods enable to facilitate assessing research results on the basis of their citations and use by other users. The author addresses Current Research Information Systems (CRIS) as the core resources to reflect research output of individual research institutions. The purpose of her study is to analyze the experience of applying altmetrics in foreign CRIS. Besides, she reviews the studies in altmetrics and characterizes in brief altmetric indicators and their providers. Based on the analysis, the author suggests that Altmetric.com and Plum Analytics are the main source of altmetric data. Three groups of indicators are specified, namely: social metrics (twits, likes, reposts, comments), influence metrics (saving bookmarks and favorites, citing from different information resources, meeting a sustainable development goal), and use metrics (clicks, views, loads, library lending). The influence metrics is an alternative metric characteristic for foreign CRIS, as it is a sustainable development indicator based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.