Altmetric

Altmetric tracks and analyzes the online activity around scholarly content, providing insights into how research is being discussed, shared, and used beyond traditional citation metrics. It measures impact through social media, news, policy documents, and more.

Key Features

• Social media mention tracking
• News coverage monitoring
• Policy document citations
• Attention score calculation
• Demographic analysis of engagement

Altmetric is particularly valuable for researchers demonstrating broader impact, institutions evaluating public engagement, funders assessing societal impact, and publishers highlighting article reach beyond academic circles.