Your influence. Tracked. Explained. Visualized.

Altmetric’s interface tracks online engagement to reveal how and where your research is making a difference.

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Thousands of conversations about research happen online every day…

Altmetric tracks a range of sources to capture and collate this activity, helping you to monitor and report on the attention surrounding the work you care about.

What can Altmetric help you to achieve?

Reveal online attention to research at speed

Altmetric Explorer

Uncover the wider influence of published research

Access and compare online attention to research, as Altmetric tracks thousands of online mentions across social media, mainstream media, policy, patents and more all in one platform.

Altmetric Badges

Showcase research influence

Quickly view and understand the dissemination of research at a glance.

Complement traditional citation analysis with Altmetric Badges. Each badge compiles and consolidates online attention to research, so you can instantly visualize and interpret online attention.

Altmetric API

Flexible data as you need it

Leverage Altmetric data in the way that works best for your organization.

Conduct more complex searches, ask granular questions, build custom visualizations and merge your own data with the Altmetric API.

Altmetric Consultancy

Custom insight to meet your needs

Have your questions answered, as our team creates customized and accurate dashboards in the way you need it.

Tell us your needs and our friendly data analysts can help you create a solution based on your exact requirements. They can even help you uncover solutions you hadn’t thought possible.

Transform your approach to engagement tracking

Move beyond citations and listen in on the conversation

What our customers say about us

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“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.”

SAGE Publications

Latest insights

How Altmetric badges provide visual insights into attention

Developed to provide an understanding of attention beyond the traditional bibliometrics, the Altmetric badges have become an important tool for publishers, institutions and researchers alike.

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Since Twitter became X…

Current data shows that despite a decline in activity, X’s engagement remains higher than pre-COVID levels, underscoring its place in the research discourse.

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Can Altmetric help create a level playing field for …

Can Altmetric solutions provide a clearer picture of how a researcher’s gender might influence their recognition, achievements, and impact within STEM fields? Can Altmetric be one of the means to address current gender disparities within STEM research?

Antimicrobial resistance: the urgency of tracking attention

Tools like Altmetric will be vital in tracking the attention research on antimicrobial resistance gets across different information platforms.

On-demand webinars

How to use NextGen metrics in your journal selection strategy

Are you currently looking for the best ways to get your research in front of…

How to use social metrics and sentiment analysis to measure your share of voice

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Impact to insight: exploring research through multiple lenses with NextGen Metrics

Ideas of what constitutes a journal’s – or a publication’s – impact have come a…

Planning for Impact: Evidence-based decision making for pharmaceutical publication leaders

How does the modern publication planner integrate data into their workflow? With the growth of…

Getting to know Altmetric Badges: Why they are useful for publishers

As a publisher, you may see Altmetric Badges on your publication pages. Each badge updates…

Elevating SDG Impact: Insights, Trends, and Automations for Publishers

Scholarly publishers play a crucial role in advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),…

Tracking multiple languages in the Altmetric Explorer

Wikipedia is one of the most important sources of information on the web and one…

Telling Research Impact Stories with Altmetric Data

What are altmetrics, and how can you use them to tell research impact stories?  In…

Sharing Evidence of Journal Success: Competitive Benchmarking for Effective Storytelling

Editorial boards want up-to-the-minute indicators of success like media attention and indicators of impact including…

Social Media for Scholars: How to Share Your Research Online

Do you want to share your scholarly work on social media but don’t know how?…

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