What are Article Metrics?
Last updated on March 02, 2026
Article metrics measure of the impact and influence an article has in the world of research. Data collected from mainstream and social media is used to determine what type and how much attention a research article is receiving. You can find the Article Metrics on the Article page.
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As people interact with research they leave online footprints. Plum Analytics gathers these footprints and creates and categorizes metrics on individual pieces of research output (articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, and many more). These metrics are collectively known as PlumX Metrics.
By categorizing the metrics into five categories – Usage, Captures, Mentions, Social Media and Citations – PlumX helps make sense of a large amount of metrics data and enables analysis by comparing metrics that are similar.
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