The video of Hanney showed how a business attempted to use its new online publishing platforms to transform the exisiting use of metrics, proposing ‘alternative’ metrics.
What challenges were faced by the firms in the two cases of digital publishing innovation? What can we learn from the stories Nature and Digital Science, as well as PLOS, as they try to build a business based on digital science and altmetrics?
What altmetrics are being developed in your field of work?
Are there businesses selling services and products based on these altmetrics?