http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3652 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:17 GMT 2013-05-22T12:15:17Z http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu:80/retrieve/31497/weill2.gif http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3652 http://hdl.handle.net/1813/29004 Title: Evaluating the Impact of Altmetrics Authors: Wright, Drew Abstract: Objectives: Librarians, publishers, and researchers have long placed significant emphasis on journal metrics such as the impact factor. However, these tools do not take into account the impact of research outside of citations and publications. Altmetrics seek to describe the reach of scholarly activity across the Internet and social media to paint a more vivid picture of the scholarly landscape. Methods: In order to examine the impact of altmetrics on scholarly activity, it is helpful to compare these new tools to an existing method. Citation counts are currently the standard for determining the impact of a scholarly work, and two studies were conducted to examine the correlation between citation count and altmetric data. First, a set of highly cited papers was chosen across a variety of disciplines, and their citation counts were compared with the altmetrics generated from Total-Impact.org. Second, to evaluate the hypothesized increased impact of altmetrics on recently published articles, a set of articles published in 2011 were taken from a sampling of journals with high impact factors, both subscription-based and open access, and the altmetrics were then compared to their citation counts. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/29004 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/12139 Title: Adding a Medicine to WHO Model List of Essential Medicines Authors: Kishore, Sandeep; Herbstman, Benjamin Abstract: Although the concept of essential medicines is not new, the processes that lead to placement of these medicines on the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines are not well understood. Here, we describe the process by which we added a class of drugs, statins, to the Model List to help combat the growing global epidemic of cardiovascular disease. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/12139 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z