Welcome to the December edition of the Altmetric newsletter! This month we're running a data visualisations competition to win a Bluetooth speaker. We put together a new case study with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and a guide for using altmetrics effectively in Editorial Board meetings! Read on to find out more...
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Show us the beauty in your data to win a Bluetooth speaker
Send us the visualisations you've made using altmetrics data by 11pm (GMT) on the 8th December to be in with a chance of winning a limited edition Altmetric Bluetooth speaker. Find out more and download the entry form here.
Case Study: The United States Environmental Protection Agency
In our latest case study we speak to the United States Environmental Protection Agency about how they have been using the Altmetric Explorer for Institutions to track and report on the success of their funded research.
Share your perspective of the academic publishing process in this survey from Editage.
This month's Research of the Month is "Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia" published in March 2017 by researchers from the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide in Nature. In this study, the authors reconstruct Australian phylogeographic history before European settlement by analysing mitochondrial genomes from aboriginal hair samples. The paper was mentioned in 39 news stories from outlets such as BBC News and Gizmodo as well as being mentioned in 13 blog posts and over 500 tweets.
