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Getting Started with Altmetric
About Altmetric
6
What is Altmetric and what does it provide?
What products does Altmetric offer?
Why choose Altmetric?
How outputs are tracked and measured
What are altmetrics?
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Altmetric Attention Score
7
How are outputs scored?
How is the Altmetric Attention Score calculated?
Altmetric Attention Score modifiers
Putting the Altmetric Attention Score in context
FAQ: Why isn’t my article included in the Altmetric Top 100?
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Terms of Use
3
What personal data do we use in our products?
Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Data Protection
Accessibility statement
Sources and Tracking
Sources of Attention
14
Blogs
Dimensions Citation Data
Facebook
H1 Connect (Formerly Faculty Opinions)
News and Mainstream Media
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Collecting Attention
10
Attention sources tracked by Altmetric
Collecting mentions to research outputs
Attention sources update frequency and collection methods
Attention Sources coverage dates
Defining a mention
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Tracking Outputs
8
Tracking attention to research
Output types tracked by Altmetric
Required metadata for content tracking
Scholarly identifiers supported by Altmetric
Details Pages creation and CrossRef metadata
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Altmetric Explorer
Getting Started with the Explorer
6
Introduction to the Altmetric Explorer
Altmetric Explorer - introduction videos
Login and account management
FAQ: How often does Altmetric Explorer data get updated?
FAQ: Does Altmetric offer individual subscription to the Explorer?
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Explorer for Institutions: additional tools
12
Institutional and Full Altmetric Database filters
Verified Research Outputs
My Institution: Authors
My Institution: Departments
Adding Explorer to an EZProxy server
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Searching the Altmetric Database
16
Quick Search
Advanced Search
Advanced Search: Search by scholarly identifiers
Advanced Search: Search by PubMed query
Research Outputs Tab: Browse and sort research outputs
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Exporting Data and Reporting
4
Saved Search panel: Subscribe to email reports
Saved Search panel: Create a Shareable Report
Export search results: Exporting mentions from the Mentions Tab
Export search results: Downloading results to a CSV spreadsheet
Altmetric API
Getting Started with the APIs
3
Difference between the Explorer API and the Details Page API
Usage restrictions associated with Altmetric API
X (formerly Twitter) data available in Altmetric’s APIs and data exports
Details Page API
3
Introduction to the Details Page API
Using the Details Page API - Count Only
Using the Details Page API - Full Access
Explorer API
2
Introduction to the Explorer API
Using the Explorer API
Altmetric Badges and Details Pages
Getting Started with the badges and donuts
4
Introduction to the badge
Colours of the donut
Grey or transparent donut
Embedding the Altmetric badges
Getting started with Altmetric Detail Pages
3
Introduction to the Details Page
Limited view on a Details Page
Unclickable links on a Detail Page
Altmetric for Books
Tracking Books
4
Tracking books content
Tracking Google Books
Books with multiple ISBNs/eISBNs
Book publishers tracked by Altmetric
Altmetric Attention Score for Books
5
Collecting attention to books
Altmetric Attention Score calculation for books
Viewing Altmetric book attention
Altmetric books Details Page
Searching for book attention in the Explorer
Embedding Badges for Books
2
Implementing Badges for Books
Embedding Badges for Books in an institutional repository
Altmetric Data Insights: Dashboards
Share Of Voice reports
3
Introduction to the Share of Voice report
How Altmetric and Dimensions calculate "share of voice" for a company or product's research
Share of Voice: Filters and customization
Journal Benchmark
1
Journal Benchmark Dashboard
Tools for Academic Librarians
Institutional Repository Badges
4
Adding badges to an Institutional Repository
Adding badges in Summon
Adding badges in Primo
Adding badges in EPrints
Altmetric Explorer for Librarians
2
Explorer for Academic Librarians
LibGuides and resources for Librarians
Tools for Researchers
Researcher Data Access Program
8
Finding the Altmetric data for a particular paper
Guide for describing Altmetric data in publications
About the Program
Using Altmetric data for altmetrics research
Resources for altmetrics research
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Altmetric Bookmarklet
2
Introduction to the Bookmarklet
Bookmarklet FAQs
Training and Resources
For Publishers
2
Publisher training and promotional materials
Promoting your publications
For Institutions
2
Institutions training and promotional material
Promoting your Institution publications
For Researchers
2
Promoting your research
Setting up an ORCID profile to get maximum coverage from Altmetric
Altmetric News and Updates
Latest News and Updates
4
Digital Science’s commitment to open research
X (formerly Twitter) Tracking update
Explorer Training Sites
Altmetric System Status
Previous News and Updates
9
Introducing Altmetric on GBQ
Altmetric Share of Voice report
Change to Altmetric Infrastructure
Sustainable Development Goals search filter
2021 - Re-imagining the Top 100
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Integrations
Technical
7
DiVA Portal: Using a remote CSV file to map papers to other departments used in Explorer For Institutions
DiVA Portal: Using a remote CSV file to translate/rename departments in Explorer For Institutions
Elements: Email notifications
Elements: Importing objects based on their privacy settings
Elements: Importing users based on their profile type
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