Publication metrics for the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grant

My publication ABC has been cited in 2 policy documents by the World Health Organization (Scopus; PlumX, MMM YYYY)

Sage Policy Profiles is a free tool you can use to track how your research has been cited in policy from governments, think tanks and policymakers across the world. It enables you to download this information for all of your publications - rather than having to look at each publication individually through PlumX. 

Access Sage Policy Profiles

1. Go to Sage Policy Profiles.

2. Sign up for an account 
3. Enter your ORCID ID (if you have one) or your full name as it appears on your publications. 

4. Here you will see the number of citations you have across policy documents, and a map showing which countries these citations occurred. You can also click on the 'timeline' view to see the number of publications/policy citation count over time. 

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5. Click on the 'policy citations' page tab to see the details of the policy documents that have cited your publication/s.
6. Click on 'export data' to export these details to an excel spreadsheet. This data can be saved as evidence to back up your claims of impact. Note that the page number in the policy document, where the research is cited is not exported with the rest of the data (but can be seen on the 'policy citations' page).

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PlumX Metrics provides details of online interaction with individual research outputs and is available for publications indexed in the Scopus and CINAHL databases. PlumX is particularly good for citations in Australian policy documents.

Access PlumX Metrics

1. Go to Scopus
2. Click on Authors, enter the author details (you don't need an affiliation) and click Search
3. Click the number under Documents to view your publications
4. Click Sort on …Cited by (highest)
5. Click the title of a paper
6. Click View all metrics
7. Click View PlumX details to go to a new screen where you can explore the details of the online attention.

Note:

• The altmetrics sourced from PlumX (via Scopus) may overlap with altmetrics sourced from Altmetric Explorer. 
• Altmetric Explorer may provide more comprehensive information for many disciplines, though PlumX can be more detailed for Health/Medicine disciplines (e.g. it includes clinical practice guidelines and clinical citations).
• It's highly recommended to check the accuracy of these citations, by looking at policies and clinical guidelines to confirm they have cited/referenced your work. It is also an opportunity to see how your research may have translated into practice. 

Being cited in a reputable clinical guideline can demonstrate that your research is influencing real world health decisions and outcomes and having an impact in clinical practice.

Example statement for PlumX

Several of my publications have been cited in clinical guidelines for cancer – for example two of my publications have been cited in the Dynamed Plus guidelines for Ovarian cancer and Adnexal Mass and two in PubMed-indexed Clinical guidelines (PlumX, MMM YYYY).

Example statement for Altmetric Explorer

13 of my publications have been mentioned 38 times in clinical guidelines by organisations such as Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and MSF medical guidelines (Altmetric Explorer, MMM YYYY). 

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Check the publications citing your work to see if any are guideline documents. 

From your author profile in Scopus, under Search results format list, select More, then View Cited by and review the documents citing your work for guidelines and consensus statements that can help demonstrate translation of research into clinical practice.