Altmetric is a tool that tracks online attention surrounding research papers. Their recent update makes it easier to see top influencers, international reach and most-mentioned journals. New Highlights Tab When you first login to Altmetric you will now immediately see a new Highlights tab. The tab contains various “data blocks”; each provides […]
Category: Databases
Journal Citation Reports: 2018 release
This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool that lists Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) and other journal metrics. JCR can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each […]
Web of Science: latest release updates
The Web of Science platform was updated on Sunday 25th March. There is a 4 minute ‘New Features’ video at: https://youtu.be/KfY4PWui7ig Details of the changes are also outlined in their release notes below. Web of Science is a multidisciplinary service for finding details of research articles and other publication types, covering: Sciences, Social […]
Students we want to hear from you! Complete our Digital Skills Tracker Survey.
Do you want to win an Amazon Voucher? Find out how you can enter below. This is the second year that we have participated in the Jisc Digital Tracker Survey. In this survey we are asking your opinions about the following; Canvas Listen Again Online assessments eduroam Referencing ebooks and ejournals File store and Box […]
Emerging Sources Citation Index back-file added to Web of Science
This month we’ve added an additional 10-year back-file of The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) to the Web of Science Core Collection. This extends our coverage so that we now have ESCI access for 2005 to present. ESCI extends the range of publications in Web of Science to include high-quality, peer-reviewed publications of regional importance […]
Web of Science Trainers to Provide Training for Stirling Researchers
Sign up for a session led by expert Web of Science trainers to help you get the most from one of the world’s premier research interfaces. Web of Science – a crucial resource for finding and analysing the most relevant information in science, social science, arts and humanities (including journals, books, data, patents, conference […]
Session on strategically promoting your research
Want to be smarter about publicising your research? Kevin Tipton, Professor of Sport, Health and Exercise Science, will be giving a talk on how he is using Altmetric to help strategically promote his research. Kevin’s work is in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric. The session will include a brief […]
Journal Citation Reports: 2017 release and free webinars
This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool and can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is published annually following […]
Altmetric – Stirling latest data refresh complete
Altmetric for Institutions at Stirling is a service that monitors and reports on the attention research papers are receiving on the web. Four times a year Stirling sends publication details from our Research Management System (RMS), STORRE and DataSTORRE to Altmetric so they can refresh the data they hold about us. Altmetric then track […]
Altmetric Version 2 now available
Today Stirling’s Altmetric for Institutions has been upgraded to version 2. Altmetric is a tool that tracks social media attention of research outputs: journal articles, data, etc. Version 2 provides a more efficient interface, excellent reporting capabilities and advanced search functionality. Find research outputs: Use Altmetric to search across Stirling’s research or explore the Altmetric […]