The Altmetric Details Page API - Counts Only provides information about individual research outputs. For example, you can query the Altmetric API by a DOI and retrieve the relevant Altmetric data. 

 

The below table lists some of the fields that are returned by the Altmetric Details Page API - Counts Only when queried. A full list of the fields returned is available here.

 

Fields returned in the main call

Explanation

title

Title of the publication

doi

Related DOI

pmid

Related Pubmed identifier

pmcid

Related Pubmed Central identifier

url

URL for a captured identifier (e.g doi.org/xxx)

isbns

Related ISBNs

altmetric_jid

Internal identifier for a journal

issns

ISSNs associated with the publication

journal

Journal title associated with the publication

 

When should I use the Altmetric Details Page API - Counts Only?

 

The Altmetric Details Page API - Counts Only is optimized for querying for a single identifier or strictly defined search. You can see the output of  the Altmetric Details Page API - Counts Only API in a browser by adding an identifier to the URL. 

 

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