An interesting post on Rod Page's iPhylo blog on possibilities for measuring collections impact through citation in publications. Refers also to correspondence in Nature from Kevin Winker and Jack Withrow and the methods used to construct a Google Scholar profile for the University of Alaska Bird collection.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith