Searching the Altmetric Database
Quick Search
The Altmetric Explorer has a powerful search interface, with the option to choose between a Quick Search and an Advanced Search . When you login, you...
Advanced Search
The Altmetric Explorer has a powerful search interface, with the option to choose between a Quick Search and an Advanced Search. Alternatively, you ...
Searching the Altmetric Explorer for preprint servers or repositories
Searching Altmetric Explorer for a preprint server using "Journals/Collections" in Advanced Search Simply open Altmetric Explorer's Advanced Search an...
Changing your default search scope (Full Altmetric database vs My institution only)
The search scope allows you to change how much of the Altmetric database your search query is applied to. If you belong to an institution that has an...
Explorer filters: Search by scholarly identifiers
The Advanced Search allows you to search for multiple identifiers at once. There is a list at the end of this page of all the identifiers support...
Explorer filters: Researchers
The Researcher Search feature within Altmetric Explorer allows you to find specific researchers and view the aggregated attention for all their publi...
Explorer filters: Grant ID
The filters will allow users to quickly see and report on the engagement around funded research. It will allow you to find outputs that have been fund...
Explorer filters: Funder
The filters will allow users to quickly see and report on the engagement around funded research. It will allow you to find out how and by whom researc...
Explorer filters: Search by affiliations
Author affiliations data are supplied to Altmetric by Dimensions , and are matched to individual research outputs. Only affiliations with GRID IDs ...
Explorer filters: Type of Open Access
The Open Access filter allows users to understand the influence Open Access has on online attention and how research outputs have been discussed onlin...
Explorer filters: Search by PubMed query
In Advanced Search , you can enter a PubMed query to retrieve the associated research outputs and attention tracked by Altmetric. You can use PubMe...
Explorer filters: Search by Subject Area (FoR)
Within the Altmetric Explorers Advanced Search you can query the database by a Fields of Research (FoR) code to see relevant data. Altmetric’s subj...
Explorer filters: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are targets for global development adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, and set to be achieved by...
Explorer filters: X Posts and Reposts
This feature allows you to quickly hone in on original X , former Twitter, conversations. The Mentions tab of the Altmetric Explorer is one of the mos...
Mentions Tab: Search by attention source in the Explorer
The Mentions Tab of the Altmetric Explorer lets you view the individual mentions, as well as the attention sources, mention outlets, or mention author...
Searching the Altmetric Explorer database using Dimensions
We've released a new search integration feature in the Altmetric Explorer that allows you to import search queries from Dimensions (Plus or Analyti...
Research Outputs Tab: Browse and sort research outputs
The Altmetric Explorer allows you to browse, sort, and save research output search results. See the table below for the full list of browsing and sort...