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Altmetric News and Updates

  • Digital Science’s commitment to open research
    Digital Science has launched its Open Principles, a new initiative that commits its research information solutions to open science now and into the future. The Principles are the first step in Digital Science’s journey to align more closely w... more
  • Introducing Altmetric on GBQ
    Supercharge your data analysis and reporting, to drive strategic decisions Your organization’s technically-expert teams can use Altmetric on GBQ to supercharge their data analysis – exploring unseen connections and insights. Run complex, en... more
  • X (formerly Twitter) Tracking update
    Altmetric have noted with interest the changes at X (previously Twitter) and are continuing to observe ongoing developments with the platform closely.  We will continue to track attention to mentions of academic research outputs shared on X a... more
  • Explorer Training Sites
    We've created new pages for guiding our users through a few steps to get started using Altmetric Explorer.    Find all our training videos here.   Or visit the following pages for specific training and guides about: Altmetric Explorer fo... more

Popular Solution articles

  • Altmetric Attention Score modifiers
    The Altmetric Attention Score is a weighted count of the amount of attention we've picked up but we also take into account many other factors depending on the type of source the attention comes from. Below are the most common modifiers that a... more
  • Attention sources tracked by Altmetric
    Our mission is to track the conversations around research outputs online wherever they're happening. To that end we're constantly looking for new sources of data.   Specifically what we're looking for are sources that regularly lin... more
  • Attention Sources coverage dates
    Altmetric started tracking attention to research across various attention sources in October 2011. The table below lists the dates when source coverage began and ended, if applicable.    Coverage dates refer to when Altmetric set up tracking of... more
  • Required metadata for content tracking
    Altmetric collects certain meta tags from the source code of a research output webpage, in order to recognize the research output when it is mentioned or shared in one of the attention sources we track.    When a research output is mentioned in... more
  • Missed mentions
    What are missed mentions?   Missed mentions are mentions of research outputs across our tracked attention sources that match our tracking requirements and should have been automatically picked up by our system but have been missed.    Our pol... more
  • Suggesting a new source to be tracked
    Altmetric currently tracks more than 15,000 blogs and 5000 news sources and we are always looking for new sources and encourage anyone to submit a suggestion.    Suggestions we accept include: New sources Blogs (must have RSS feed) Fac... more
  • What personal data do we use in our products?
    The personal information we use in the Altmetric products broadly falls into three categories: Information about users of the Altmetric products (including Altmetric Explorer, Altmetric Badges, Altmetric API, and Altmetric Bookmarklet) Info... more
  • Attention sources update frequency and collection methods
    The table below describes the process for collecting data, update frequency and any additional details across all of Altmetric's tracked sources.   Source name Collection method Update frequency Notes X                     ... more
  • Digital Science’s commitment to open research
    Digital Science has launched its Open Principles, a new initiative that commits its research information solutions to open science now and into the future. The Principles are the first step in Digital Science’s journey to align more closely w... more
  • CSV Uploader Tool: Preparing the data
    The CSV Uploader Tool for Altmetric Explorer for Institutions (EFI) is used to quickly update the data implementation for your organization’s Explorer instance. You will be able to use the CSV Uploader Tool to update the department or group hiera... more