Digital Science is once again supporting and sponsoring the European Scientometric Summer School (ESSS), which this year takes place in Granada in Spain.
As part of our sponsorship, we will also be hosting a webinar, An Introduction to Digital Science databases, Altmetric and Dimensions, prior to the summer school starting in September. The webinar is open to interested students as well as anyone else who would like to attend. For full details and a link to join, please see below:
An Introduction to Digital Science databases, Altmetric and Dimensions
Date & time: Wednesday 27 August 2025 at 2pm BST / 3pm CEST
Join us for our webinar where Kathryn Weber-Boer, Director Scientometrics – Scientometric Researcher Engagement at Digital Science, will introduce the Altmetric dataset, including how the data points are linked, how research outputs and mentions are identified, and how these data are visualized using the Altmetric Explorer. Special attention will be given to the possibilities for scientometric research offered by this dataset, including both how it has been used in existing research and what gaps remain less explored.
Juergen Wastl, VP Research Evaluation, will also demonstrate Dimensions and highlight the objects, search, browse and in-built analytical functions in the context of scientometric interests. Next to an overview of the capabilities and extensions of Dimensions (API, GBQ), the most recent additions and functionality will be highlighted in a live demo (AI functionalities).
