Altmetric — a system for tracking online activity around scholarly publications, providing insights beyond traditional citations.
What does Altmetric do?
Tracks mentions of research outputs in news media, social media, blogs, policy documents, patents, and repositories.
Aggregates all mentions of a specific article, report, or research output and presents them on a detailed record page.
Generates the Altmetric Attention Score — an indicator showing how much attention a publication has received and how widely it has been shared online.
Uses a distinctive, colorful “donut,” where each color represents a different type of information source.
Why use Altmetric?
Helps assess the broader impact of research beyond the academic community.
Enables comparisons of attention levels across publications, disciplines, and institutions.
Works in real time — mentions are recorded as soon as they appear online.
To access the full functionality of the tool, we encourage staff to create an Altmetric account
