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Here at Altmetric, we’re always looking for ways to improve the service we provide to our customers and over recent months, our infrastructure team has been working hard to migrate our infrastructure onto a new platform which we expect will provi... more

Altmetric have noted with interest the recent changes in Twitter ownership and are observing ongoing developments with the platform closely.  In the meantime, we will continue to track attention to mentions of academic research outputs shared... more

Many companies track their ‘scientific share of voice’, a metric that compares the volume of research literature for their products in comparison to competitors. This metric misses a key constituency; health care providers (HCPs) who are influent... more

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

The Altmetric Explorer lets you easily perform rich analyses and generate reports for Altmetric attention data. After running a search query for research outputs, you can browse through the Explorer's analysis tools to view detailed demograph... more

Altmetric have noted with interest the recent changes in Twitter ownership and are observing ongoing developments with the platform closely.  In the meantime, we will continue to track attention to mentions of academic research outputs shared... more

Altmetric tracks Twitter attention in real-time via an API. We automatically collect tweets, retweets, and quoted tweets that contain a direct link to a scholarly output. Without the direct link to an output, our system will not be able to match ... more

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

While the most important part of an Altmetric report is the qualitative data, it's also useful to put attention in context and see how some research outputs are doing relative to others. The Altmetric Attention Score for a research output... more

Altmetric Details Page API - Full Access includes the 'fetch' call which provides more detailed information about the mentions.    The ‘fetch’ calls allows users to see full details of the mentions, including the URLs to the mentions th... more

Using the third-party EPrints plugin for Altmetric   The source files and documentation for EPrints plugin can be found here.    Please note that the plugin was not developed by Altmetric, but was created by a third-party. As such, you should... more

Can we add book badges to an institutional repository?   Yes, you can add badges for books to your institutional repository records! For any book or monograph records with an ISBN as the primary identifier, use the instructions on our technical... more

Altmetric badges allow you to add altmetrics data to your content with a minimum of fuss and technical effort – all you need to do is add two lines of code to your HTML. We host the altmetrics data that your readers will see, but give you control... more

Altmetric Terms of Use Before using our services, you will need to agree to our Terms of Use. You can find them here. Altmetric Privacy Policy The protection of your personal data is important for us. This is why we reinforced our processes... more