Introduction to the Altmetric Explorer Your altmetricexplorer.com Your name Job title

In this session, we’ll cover… Introduction to altmetrics Altmetric tools Altmetric Explorer Publisher examples of using altmetrics data Further help

By the end of this session… You’ll have: A clear understanding of altmetrics and how to use them How to identify research with attention using Altmetric’s tools Practical ideas and examples of using altmetrics data Know where to get further help

Part 1: Introduction to altmetrics

Journal Impact Factor Citation counts H-index Number of publications o Attention to research outputs in non-traditional sources, e.g. policy documents, news, blogs and social media o Indicators of research impact o Help understand how research is being received and used o Complementary to traditional citation-based analysis What are altmetrics? Mentions in news reports References in policy Mentions in social media Wikipedia citations Reference manager readers… etc. ACADEMIC ATTENTION BROADER ATTENTION Alternative metrics “altmetrics” + Traditional metrics Traditional bibliometrics

Why altmetrics? Real-time, immediate feedback on attention to scholarly content Track attention to a broad range of research outputs, e.g. articles, posters, data sets, working papers Showcase attention to a research output beyond academia Provide a more coherent understanding of research attention

Interpreting altmetrics data Attention: e.g. RTs, shares Engagement: Analysis, discussion, reviews Impact: e.g. shapes policy, influences working practices

Part 2: How are publishers using altmetrics?

Monitor popular outputs Marketing and Editorial: What’s popular across your content this week? Why is it being mentioned? Re-post to social media channels, provide value to existing authors, identify key authors to invite in a specific field.

Benchmark marketing campaigns Marketing: How successful are your marketing campaigns? Is your content being picked up in the news? Identify areas for development and help identify new markets/readership. Before After

Current awareness for academic editors Editorial: Provide academic editors with summaries on the top papers in their journal, discipline or across competitor journals. Keep track of the most popular papers in a specific discipline.

Inform sales activities Sales: Provide guidance for sales reps on markets and institutions potentially interested in a particular journal. Search by affiliation and journal

Identify key opinion leaders Understanding different online communities will help you reach them more effectively. Editorial: Understand and identify online communities such as bloggers and regular tweeters discussing your content

Monitor competitor journals Use ‘journal view’ to see which journals received the most attention over a set time period.

Use badges in marketing material 1.Right-click on a donut in the Altmetric Explorer and save the image. 2.Insert the static donut into an newsletter. 3.Link to the corresponding Altmetric article details page: The link can be found by clicking “Open report in new tab” under “Actions” in the Explorer pop-out.

Part 3: Altmetric Tools

Each day, we track ~44,000 new mentions of research across sources incl. social media, news, and policy docs. That’s 1 mention every 2 seconds! Each week, ~50k unique items are shared. Mentions range in complexity, from quick shares to comprehensive reviews. Altmetric data, March m mentions of ~4m scholarly outputs Altmetric in numbers: mentions and shares

What sources does Altmetric track? News outlets Over 1,300 sites Manually curated list Text mining Global coverage Social media and blogs Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Public posts only Manually curated list Reference managers Mendeley, CiteULike Reader counts Don’t count towards the Altmetric score Other sources Wikipedia YouTube Reddit F1000 Pinterest Q&A Post-publication peer review Publons PubPeer Policy documents NICE Evidence Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Many more…

How does Altmetric aggregate online attention? Search for links to papers. Follow a list of sources. Collate attention. Display data in “Altmetric details pages”. E.g. blogs, news, policy documents, social media. Automatically link searching and text mining. Disambiguation of mentioned items across different versions. Collecting attention data Reporting attention data Altmetric Details Page. All research outputs with mentions have an Altmetric Details Page in our database.

The Altmetric Bookmarklet The free Bookmarklet lets you instantly retrieve altmetrics data for any article. To install, go to:

The Altmetric Badges Donut Standard badges Scoreless donut Scoreless bar

Altmetric Details Pages Estimate attention with the “Altmetric score”. Monitor mentions in the mainstream news. See all the conversations and mentions.conversations and mentions

What is the Altmetric donut? The Altmetric donut visualizes which are sources discussing an item. In the Altmetric Explorer, hover the cursor over the donut visualization to see the appropriate legend for an item. Each source is colour coded:

VolumeSourcesAuthors The score for an article rises as more people mention it. Each source category contributes a different base amount to the final score. How often the author of each mention talks about scholarly articles influences the contribution of the mention. What is the Altmetric score of attention? The Altmetric score provides an indicator of the attention surrounding a research output. It represents a weighted approximation of all the attention we’ve picked up for a research output and is is calculated according to three facets: Read more about the score here: altmetric.com/blog/scoreanddonut/altmetric.com/blog/scoreanddonut/

Part 3: Altmetric Explorer

The Altmetric Explorer tool can be used to filter and browse through attention for over four million scholarly articles. The Altmetric Explorer Browse through the attention for all mentioned papers. Compare the altmetrics performance of different journals.

1. Browsing articles Browse all articles we’ve ever tracked. Export or change views.

2. Applying filters Next filter and refine your search… Narrow your timeframe, e.g. mentioned in the last week. Search by keyword, e.g. by title or “phrase search”. Choose a publisher or DOI prefix. Search by journal title/s. Select a source, e.g. mentioned in the News. Go!

2. Activity feed Monitor a real- time feed of mentions

3. Saving to My Workspaces Sign up for search alerts and export

Live demo! Altmetric Explorer demo

And finally…

What can the data tell you? What type of attention is this research receiving? Where has this article received the most traction? Which countries are engaging most with the content? Has this article influenced policy, spurred new research, or engaged a new audience? Are reactions to this article positive or negative? ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Remember that the numbers don’t tell you… Quality of the paper Quality of the researchers Whole story

Questions? Your address Website: altmetric.com