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LUNCH AND LEARN - 9 DECEMBER 2015 - OXFORD

Altmetric data: what can it mean for you? At this Lunch and Learn event, Ben McLeish, European Product Sales Manager for Altmetric for Institutions provided a valuable insight in to the use of their data. He was able to draw upon case studies from organisations who are beginning to integrate this qualitative data into their monitoring and reporting workflows, and discuss the benefits and advantages that having such insight can provide for Medical Communications professionals and the projects that they support. We're hoping this will lead to a bigger event next year. Altmetric are a data science company based in London, UK. Supported by Digital Science, Altmetric was founded in 2012 with the aim of helping researchers and organisations more easily track and report on the online activity surrounding their research. Altmetric believe that researchers should get credit for their research no matter what format the output, and that metrics can provide a useful indicator of the potential broader impacts and influence of scholarly work. Altmetric data is currently being utilised by leading publishers, funders and institutions large and small around the world. Clients include Springer, Nature Publishing Group, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, Duke University, Cambridge University, the Wellcome Trust, National Geographic, and the World Cancer Research Fund amongst many others. Note you can sign up for one of the regular introductory webinars to Altmetrics here Date: 9 December 2015 Venue: Sadler Building, The Oxford Science Park, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford OX4 4GE [DIRECTIONS] Timing: 12.00-14.00 includes working lunch Speaker: Ben McLeish, Altmetric CLICK HERE FOR FREE ACCESS TO THE PRESENTATION To make sure you're included in announcements about future events just email Peter Llewellyn, if you haven't already done so, to register your interest.

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This meeting was free to attend thanks to the generosity of the corporate sponsors.

This workshop was led by Ben McLeish, European Product Sales Manager for Altmetric for Institutions. He has been working in the publishing industry since 2004, and has developed long-term positive and mutually beneficial relationships with institutions across Europe. He has extensive knowledge of electronic content and library/information systems, and a background in digital media, trend forecasting systems, index-based searching, social media and metrics.

Companies
attending
included:

Adis
Ashfield Healthcare Communications
Caudex
Highfield Communication
NetworkPharma
NexGen Healthcare Communications
Oxford PharmaGenesis
Porterhouse Medical
The Prime Medical Group

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