Author Archives: Tuija Sonkkila
New take in recent (alt)metrics
Since November last year, quite a lot has been going on in altmetrics and various tools supporting their use. Of course, new research articles has been authored and published, too. A while ago, RStudio launched ShinyApps.io, a hosted version of … Continue reading
PLOS article-level metrics as a D3.js graph
Some weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the D3.js learning workshop in Tampere, arranged by Open Knowledge Finland, Open Data Tampere Region et al. As a teacher, we had Miska Knapek. A nice and useful day at Itsenäisyydenkatu … Continue reading
Exercise in mapping GBIF data
I know it is a bit pathetic to advertise your doings elsewhere. Still, because this is my last working week before a longish holiday during which I might encounter one or two of the data items in question, I’ll let … Continue reading
Scraping journal data
One of those data wrangling tools I’ve had in mind to have a look at, is the Google Chrome extension Scraper. Jens Finnäs has a good tutorial on how to start using it. The crux is that you are somewhat … Continue reading
Data from the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Last Sunday was the Finnish Music Day. That reminded me of the historically important data set of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. The data includes details not just from the concerts performed by the Orchestra itself, but also from all concerts … Continue reading
Using OpenRefine
OpenRefine, formerly known as Google Refine and even more formerly as Freebase Gridworks, is a versatile tool for cleaning and exploring data. There is no shortage of online material, as you can see from the extensive list on the OpenRefine … Continue reading
Views to Open Access journals
Some days ago, Alasdair Rae wrote in his blog under the raedar about OA journals under the title A World of Open Access. In there, he had a number of clear charts on various aspects on these journals, based on … Continue reading
Locale from the ORCID Public Data File
After one year from its start, the ORCID community has published the first Public Data File. I downloaded it, and had a brief look at the data. It comes both in XML and JSON, one file per ORCID record. The … Continue reading
Smorgasbord of altmetrics
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the two-day 18th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy 2013 at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Tweets from the workshop as a short Storify story. Together with my colleagues … Continue reading
Tutorial on how to build an interactive web app on course data
At the LinkedScience web site, there are a number of tutorials that are based on linked open data. The newest posting is written by me – thanks Tomi for asking! – and it features an interactive web application. The data … Continue reading
