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  • Digital Science’s commitment to open research
    Digital Science has launched its Open Principles, a new initiative that commits its research information solutions to open science now and into the future. The Principles are the first step in Digital Science’s journey to align more closely w... more
  • X (formerly Twitter) Tracking update
    Altmetric have noted with interest the changes at X (previously Twitter) and are continuing to observe ongoing developments with the platform closely.  We will continue to track attention to mentions of academic research outputs shared on X a... more
  • Explorer Training Sites
    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
  • Altmetric System Status
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Popular Solution articles

  • Introduction to the Details Page
    The Altmetric Details Page aggregates all of the online attention associated with a research output.   On the details page you'll find different components.    The Badge (donut)   On the left hand side the Altmetric donut contains the... more
  • Share of Voice: Filters and customization
    How to use filters to customize your share of voice report Share of voice reports include report and focus area filters that allow you to customize your reports for therapeutic areas, products, journals, countries, and publication years.   ... more
  • Introduction to the Share of Voice report
    What does it provide? The Altmetric/Dimensions Share of Voice report provides a unique, research-centered view of a company's share of voice in a research area, allowing for the first time the direct measurement of patient, doctor, and pu... more
  • Journal Benchmark Dashboard
    What is the Journal Benchmark dashboard? The Journal Benchmark dashboard provides an in-depth analysis of a journal’s performance against a set of user-selected competing journals. Data are drawn from a wide range of Altmetric attention sourc... more
  • Using link shorteners
    When a research output is mentioned in an attention source tracked by Altmetric using a link shortening service, we expand the link in order to reveal the original URL.    We support hundreds of link shortening services, including but not limit... more
  • X (formerly Twitter)
    Altmetric tracks X attention in real-time via an API. We automatically collect posts (previously tweets), reposts, and quotes that contain a direct link to a scholarly output. Without the direct link to an output, our system will not be able to m... more
  • Altmetric Attention Score modifiers
    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
  • Attention sources tracked by Altmetric
    Our mission is to track the conversations around research outputs online wherever they're happening. To that end we're constantly looking for new sources of data.   Specifically what we're looking for are sources that regularly lin... more
  • Attention Sources coverage dates
    Altmetric started tracking attention to research across various attention sources in October 2011. The table below lists the dates when source coverage began and ended, if applicable.    Coverage dates refer to when Altmetric set up tracking of... more
  • Required metadata for content tracking
    Altmetric collects certain meta tags from the source code of a research output webpage, in order to recognize the research output when it is mentioned or shared in one of the attention sources we track.    When a research output is mentioned in... more