Digital Scholarship Services

Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University provides individual metrics for researchers and collective metrics for organizations through their dashboards. The dashboards have four main tabs:

• Readership shows where and how users are accessing content geographically, by institution, and over time.
• Usage Reports shows downloads, metadata page hits, works posted, and list of individual works.
• PlumX Metrics shows a variety of article-level insights and alternative metrics (citations, usage, captures, mentions, and social media). Visit About PlumX Metrics for more information. 
• Share the Dashboard provides links to quickly demonstrate impact to others. 

Readership/Usage Reports versus PlumX Metrics

Readership and Usage Reports are based on the downloads and views of full-text and abstracts that have been added to Digital Commons@ETSU (including SelectedWorks profiles).

PlumX Metrics compiles metrics from Digital Commons@ETSU and external sources. For example, PlumX usage metrics include how many times a work has been downloaded not only from Digital Commons@ETSU, but other places where it may be accessible such as EBSCO databases, SSRN, Slideshare, and more. 

Dashboards (including Readership, Usage Reports, PlumX Metrics) are available for anyone with a SelectedWorks Profile. You can request a profile by emailing your CV to digilib@etsu.edu. 

If you already have a SelectedWorks profile, you can access your dashboard by creating an account and clicking on Author Dashboard. Make sure to use your ETSU email address when creating the account. You may already have an account if you have logged into Digital Commons@ETSU before. 

For general information on dashboards for researchers, visit the Author Dashboard: Real-time Usage Statistics for Authors Guide.
 

Organizations can view and share metrics of their collections in Digital Commons@ETSU. Examples of collections with available metrics for organizations:

• Expert Galleries of a college, department, center or institute
• Theses and dissertations from a specific program
• Journal or conference websites

Email digilib@etsu.edu to gain access to specific collections' dashboards.

For general information on dashboards for organizations, visit Digital Commons Dashboard Guide.