Library Guides: Bibliometrics: Altmetrics

Altmetrics

Altmetrics are alternative metrics to traditional citation measures. Often they will include metrics of scholarly communication through social media.

Article-level metrics (ALMs) are an approach to quantifying the reach and impact of published research which differ from the traditional journal level bibliometrics.

What are Altmetrics?
A primer on altmetrics to help you understand what they are, why they are useful, and how they should be used.
Altmetric for Scopus
Altmetric for Scopus is a web application from Altmetric.com that runs within the sidebar of the Scopus database article and abstract pages. It's a quick and easy way to see all of the social or mainstream media mentions gathered for a particular paper as well as reader counts on popular reference managers. The Altmetric application is currently installed for all Scopus users by default but will only appear in the sidebar when there is data available for the article currently being viewed.
Wiley Online Library
Altmetrics data is now available across many of the articles on Wiley Online Library
PloS Impact Explorer
Public Library of Science (PLoS) uses data from Altmetric.com. Check which articles are seeing the most attention from social media sites, newspapers and in online reference managers.