A Change of Pace Since last May, I've been blogging here at The Leiden Connected Researcher on an (almost) weekly basis. From this month on, I'll be slowing the pace and scaling back to monthly posts. Mieneke van der Salm • March 31, 2015
Gerard van Westen on Impactstory Impactstory is the altmetrics provider most focused on researchers. Gerard van Westen agreed to share his thoughts and experiences with the service. Mieneke van der Salm • March 24, 2015
Plumb your altmetrics data with Plum and PLoS Last week we looked at Impactstory, this week we finish off the overview of the main altmetrics providers on the market with a closer look at Plum Analytics and PLoS Article Level Metrics. Mieneke van der Salm • March 19, 2015
Let your research tell its story with Impactstory Impactstory is an altmetrics service aimed at authors and researchers, who want to monitor the altmetric scores for their own articles, datasets and other research products themselves. Mieneke van der Salm • March 12, 2015
Cui Computo? Altmetrics and the companies that score them In the past months, I've focussed on social media and scientific social networks, stressing how being active on there can help gain your work more exposure and increase its impact. But how do you then monitor this impact and what does it mean? Mieneke van der Salm • March 03, 2015
Willem van Boom on ORCID and other author identifiers This week I interview Professor Willem van Boom on the subject of ORCID and other author identifiers. He has some great insights to share. Mieneke van der Salm • February 24, 2015
Scope out your research: about ResearcherID and Scopus Author ID This week we continue our survey of persistent author identifiers with Thomson Reuters' ResearcherID and Elsevier's Scopus Author ID. How useful are they to Leiden Scholars? Mieneke van der Salm • February 17, 2015
Flowers make the scholar: about ORCID and Google Scholar Citations Last week we talked about the importance of persistent identifiers. This week we'll be taking a closer look at two of them: ORCID and Google Scholar Citations. Mieneke van der Salm • February 11, 2015
Be who you are: the importance of persistent identifiers In today's crowded scholarly publishing scene mix-ups with similarly-named authors, variants or name changes can easily happen. How can persistent identifiers help you claim your identity and distinguish you from others with your name? Mieneke van der Salm • February 03, 2015
