What is ImpactStory?
- ImpactStory is an open-source, web-based tool that helps researchers explore and share the diverse impacts of all their research products--traditional ones like journal articles, but also alternative products like blog posts, datasets, and software.
- Web-based application that makes it easy to track the impact of a wide range of research artifacts
- Aggregates impact data from many sources, from Mendeley to Twitter and also includes Scopus and PubMed
- Output is displayed in a single, permalinked report
How could it be used?
ImpactStory data can be:
- highlighted as indications of the minimum impact a research artifact has made on the community
- explored more deeply to see who is citing, bookmarking, and otherwise using your work
- run to collect usage information for mention in biosketches
- included as a link in CVs
- analyzed by downloading detailed metric information
Sample Report
What is being tracked?
ImpactStory tracks a wide range of websites, databases, social networks etc. You can find a detailed list on their website.