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Altmetric captures and analyzes online mentions of research from sources such as news, blogs, policy documents, social media, and patents. With real-time tracking, intuitive dashboards, and meaningful visualizations, you can measure the broader impact of your work beyond traditional citations.
Altmetric has the potential to change the way we understand the impact that research has within academia and more importantly the wider impact that it has in society.”
Key features
Attention tracking
Monitor research mentions across thousands of online sources, including news, social media, and policy documents.
Attention score and badge
Use the Altmetric Attention Score and its distinctive ‘donut’ badge to provide a summary of the sources of attention per item of research.
Powerful benchmarking
Compare research attention across institutions, disciplines, and global trends to measure influence effectively.
Dashboards and reports
Access real-time, visual insights through customizable dashboards and timelines that showcase research influence.
Reveal online attention to research
- Track research engagement as it happens.
- Identify key influencers and emerging trends in your field.
- Generate shareable reports to demonstrate impact to stakeholders.
Showcase real-world impact
- See how research influences policy, public discourse, and academic collaboration.
- Complement traditional bibliometrics with online attention insights.
- Strengthen funding applications and institutional reputation management.
1st
online attention tracker to include Bluesky as an attention source.
31
different language versions of Wikipedia tracked.
9,000+
academic and other blogs scanned and curated every day.
256m+
mentions of over 24 million research outputs in the Altmetric database (and it’s constantly growing).
Altmetric allows us to quickly and easily see where Cambridge research is being applied in practice.”
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