Rise in “extremely productive” authors sparks concern
Read more about the highly prolific authors who publish scientific papers at an astonishing rate – and how unusual authorship behaviours might be detected.
Will altmetrics need to evolve in the face of the AI revolution?
Discover the potentially transformative effects of generative AI on how we evaluate the impact of scholarly work.
Beyond the impact factor: a new way to assess journal quality
Learn how the ‘diversity factor’ could be used to evaluate the true impact of health research.
How to unlock the hidden power of altmetrics: beyond the numbers
Discover the potential of altmetrics to extend the reach of your research.
Meeting report: summary of Day 3 of the 2022 ISMPP Annual Meeting
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Meeting report: summary of Day 2 of the 2022 ISMPP European Meeting
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[PODCAST] Successfully navigating the changing medical conference landscape: part 2
David Barrett continues a discussion with Rob Matheis on how medical congresses can deliver value and opportunities for everyone.
Use of altmetrics could rebalance gender bias in academic performance evaluation
Study reveals that Altmetric Attention Score used to assess the online impact of an article is not influenced by author’s gender.
The evolving role of medical communications professionals: insights from a Publication Lead
Publication Lead Chris Brooks discusses the impact of COVID-19 on medical communications.
Study reveals lack of consistency in reporting of COVID-19-related preprints
Find out how media outlets reported on COVID-19 preprints in the early months of the pandemic.
Meeting report: summary of Day 3 of the 2021 ISMPP Annual Meeting
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Meeting report: summary of Day 1 of the 2021 ISMPP Annual Meeting
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Does sharing health research on social media increase its impact?
Learn how using social media to share your research could increase its impact, and why this is becoming increasingly important.
Post-production misconduct: an emerging trend in scientific fraud
Two articles explore how the use of metrics has enabled the evolution of new types of scientific fraud, including citation manipulation.
[PODCAST] Measuring publication value
Listen to Alice Choi discuss traditional and new journal metrics in this new podcast from ISMPP.
Journal citation counts increase despite discontinuation from Scopus
Analysis of metrics for journals discontinued from Scopus for publication concerns highlights a need for clearer warnings on articles from such journals.