Using the Explorer API

The Altmetric Explorer API has the following endpoints:

• Research Outputs

• Attention Summary

• Demographics

• Mentions

• Journals

• Identifier Lists

• Post

For full details on each endpoint — including parameters, authentication, and worked examples — visit the Altmetric Explorer API documentation.

Each Altmetric Explorer account with Altmetric Explorer API access has its own API key and API secret. The API key and secret are unique to a user's account.

If your API secret key becomes compromised, and you wish to revoke access for an application, the API key and secret can be reset in Account Settings, which you can find on the bottom left-hand navigation panel of the Explorer. Please note that this step is irreversible. This means that if you have an API implementation relying on the key and secret key, it will stop working.

The Explorer API does not have a rate limit in place, but we do ask that you keep your queries at two per second or below. Whilst we don't foresee performance problems with the API at the moment, we may get in touch with you if we notice an issue with your integration to ensure you're accessing the data in the most optimal way.

Before using our API data, please read our usage restrictions here.