Tools to track the impact of your publications on social media New
Description
Collecting impact evidence from social media of publications, conference papers or any other scholarly output can be complicated and time-consuming. In this session, we'll introduce you to a number of tools that can help to streamline and simplify these processes: IFTTT, Twitter analytics, Altmetric and ImpactStory.
Target audience
Academic staff, researchers and PhD students - the session is geared towards those in the Schools of Arts and Humanities, or Humanities and Social Sciences, but all disciplines welcome.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the major social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) would be helpful.
Objectives
- to cover some of the basics of research impact evidence from social media
- to discuss impact in relation to specific research outputs
- to learn about a number of particularly useful tools to track, monitor and record impact evidence
Format
Presentations, demonstrations
Duration
60 minutes
Frequency
Once a term
Related courses
Theme
HASS Research Skills
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