Measuring the full impact of a scholar’s work is important to us here at Impactstory. No single metric captures all the flavors of your impact–until now.

We’re announcing a thrilling new feature to be rolled out in the next few days: Total Impact Scores.* Now, using one metric to rule them all, you can capture and calculate not only your value as a Scholar, but your worth as a Human Being.

We are increasingly able to track your productivity, effectiveness, and health thanks to the Quantified Self movement. Smart appliances are able to tell us more than ever about your habits in the home.

By forging partnerships with new data providers, we’re able to get a fuller picture of your value on the job and in your private life. To help you make sense of all that data, we’re summarized your impact in the Total Impact Score.

While the exact algorithms we use to calculate your Total Impact Scores are proprietary, we can share with you some of the data streams that are taken into account when compiling your Total Impact Score:

• Impactstory altmetrics, which tell us the impact your research has in academia and beyond (important due to their correlations to later citations)

• FundRef statistics, which tell us how much grant funding you receive (and how productive you are with that money)

• RescueTime reports, which tell us how productive you are overall during the workday–and beyond

• PeerJ community contribution metrics, which tell us how engaged you are in your discipline (an indicator for your “soft skills” such as networking, mentorship, etc)

• Klout.com influence scores, which tell us how engaged you are with the public (and your areas of public influence, like “Stem Cells” or “Entertainment” or “Cheeseburgers”)

• Fitbit reports, which tell us how physically active you are, your sleeping and dietary habits, how often you clean the house, and more (with correlations to overall life expectancy and happiness levels)

• 23andMe test results, which shares your actual genetic fitness (and whether or not you are susceptible to later illness–an important metric that universities and insurers want to know)

• Nest Thermostat readings, which tell us your energy consumption habits (the idea being the less energy you consume, the better citizen you are)

• Tinder and OKCupid ratings, which tell us how your attractiveness is valued by the general public (and which correlate to perceptions of your performance at job interviews–an important indicator of your future success as a scholar)

We have also paid close attention to concerns about the over-dependence upon quantitative measures, and will soon roll out qualitative supplements to the Total Impact Score, including full-text reports on your effectiveness as a parent, spouse, co-worker, and friend–as reported by your loved ones and colleagues.

Stay tuned for future announcements about the Total-Impact Score and other innovations in altmetrics!

* Some might recognize the name–Total-Impact is what we called the first iteration of Impactstory. With our single impact metric, the Total Impact Score, you can truly calculate your total impact, beyond the Academy.