{"id":42078,"date":"2022-02-12T20:26:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T00:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?p=42078"},"modified":"2023-04-08T18:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T22:49:31","slug":"learn-to-use-the-dimensions-database-2022-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/2022\/02\/12\/learn-to-use-the-dimensions-database-2022-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Use the Dimensions Database (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please join the Office of Research for this introductory webinar on the Dimensions database. Dimensions is an online publication database with a wide range of metrics including citations, RCR, ties to grants\/funding agencies, patents, funding data, policy documents, altmetric scores, and altmetric breakdowns. The highly customizable search interface in Dimensions allows for detailed investigations into a topic, author, or institution. With the Dimensions database, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Map out and analyze the research landscape; see relationships between researchers, publications, patents, grants, and policy documents, allowing users to see the whole research lifecycle as well as examine any one point in great detail<\/li>\n<li>Identify emerging trends and pinpoint underrepresented areas of research<\/li>\n<li>Find sources of funding<\/li>\n<li>Decide where to publish your research findings<\/li>\n<li>Compare journals, funders, authors, and research institutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/profile\/joe-farmer\/\">Joe Farmer<\/a>, from the Office of Research, will host a webinar covering the basics of the Dimensions database, its contents, and how to use the tool. Participants can expect to leave this workshop with a foundational understanding of how to access and use the Dimensions database, as well as practical ideas for incorporating this tool into their work. The webinar will last about 1 hour with time for Q&amp;A following. View event<span> <a href=\"\/research\/files\/2023\/03\/Learn-to-Use-Dimensions.pdf\">slides<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DnpapyLOYxA\" class=\"button\">View Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join the Office of Research for this introductory webinar on the Dimensions database. Dimensions is an online publication database with a wide range of metrics including citations, RCR, ties to grants\/funding agencies, patents, funding data, policy documents, altmetric scores, and altmetric breakdowns. The highly customizable search interface in Dimensions allows for detailed investigations into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20951,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[638,633,635],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42080,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42078\/revisions\/42080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}