Plum Analytics
{{Short description|Altmetrics company; part of Elsevier}}
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.{{Cite web |url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4043343-elsevier-acquires-plum-analytics-measure-research-performance |title=Elsevier Acquires Plum Analytics To Measure Research Performance |last=Jones |first=Donovan |date=2017-02-07 |website=Seeking Alpha}}{{cite web |title=Elsevier acquires Plum Analytics |website=Research Information |url=https://www.researchinformation.info/news/elsevier-acquires-plum-analytics |access-date=2018-06-01}} Its metrics were immediately incorporated into Elsevier's existing products, including Mendeley and Scopus.{{Cite press release |title=Elsevier Acquires Leading 'Altmetrics' Provider Plum Analytics |date=2017-02-02 |url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate/elsevier-acquires-leading-altmetrics-provider-plum-analytics |language=en |access-date=2018-02-25 |website=Elsevier}}{{Cite web |url=https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/02/03/elsevier-continues-to-expand-journal-analytics-through-acquisition.aspx |title=Elsevier Continues to Expand Journal Analytics Through Acquisition |date=2017-02-03 |website=Campus Technology |language=en |access-date=2018-02-25}}
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 {{Cite journal |last=Champieux |first=Robin |date=January 2015 |title=PlumX |journal=Journal of the Medical Library Association |volume=103 |issue=1 |pages=63–64 |doi=10.3163/1536-5050.103.1.019 |pmc=4279944}} by aggregating information from different sources including Wikipedia.{{Cite journal |last=Williams |first=Ann |date=2017 |title=Altmetrics: An Overview and Evaluation |journal= Online Information Review |volume=41 |issue=3 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316572790|pages=311–314|doi=10.1108/OIR-10-2016-0294 }} In August 2015, Plum Analytics released the "PlumX Suite", which consists of five separate products: Metrics, Dashboards, +Grants, Benchmarks, and Funding Opportunities.{{Cite press release |title=PlumX Suite Now Available from Plum™ Analytics |date=2015-08-03 |url=https://plumanalytics.com/press/plumx-suite-now-available-from-plum-analytics/ |language=en-US |access-date=2018-10-17 |website=Plum Analytics}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://plumanalytics.com/}}
- [https://twitter.com/PlumAnalytics Twitter Page]
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Category:2011 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:American companies established in 2011
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