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Altmetric
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URLwww.altmetric
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Launched2012
Current statusActive

Altmetric,or altmetric, is adata sciencecompany that tracks where published research is mentioned online, and provides tools and services to institutions, publishers, researchers, funders and other organisations to monitor this activity, commonly referred to asaltmetrics.[1][2][3]Altmetric was recognized by European CommissionerMáire Geoghegan-Quinnin 2014 as a company challenging the traditional reputation systems.[4]

Altmetric is a portfolio company ofDigital Science,[5][6]which is owned byHoltzbrinck Publishing Group.[7]

History[edit]

Altmetric was founded by Euan Adie[8][9]in 2011.[10]Previously a researcher, Adie had already worked on Postgenomic, anopen sourcescientific blog aggregator[11]founded in 2006. In 2011, Adie entered an altmetrics app intoElsevier's Apps for Science competition and won.[12][13]The prize money enabled Altmetric to develop a full version of the Altmetric Explorer, released in February 2012.[14]

In July 2012, Altmetric took on additional investment from Digital Science[1]and is still a part of the group today, with offices inLondon,Germany,theUnited StatesandAustralia.

In 2019 Altmetric andNaturereceived funding from theGoogle Digital News Innovation Fundto "build a novel tool for measuring the impact ofjournalism".[15]

Concept[edit]

A term first coined in the altmetrics manifesto in 2010,[9][16]altmetrics(also known as 'alternative metrics') were developed to provide authors and other stakeholders a more comprehensive record of engagement with scholarly work, particularly that which takes place beyond the academy amongst a broader audience. In order to do this, Altmetric tracks a range of online sites and sources looking for 'mentions' (links or written references) to scholarly outputs (which include journal articles, blogs, data sets and more).[17]Sources of the attention include the mainstream media, public policy documents, social and academic networks, post-publication peer-review forums and, more recently, Wikipedia and theOpen Syllabus Project.[18]

The data are tracked in real-time and collated in the Altmetric details pages, which provide a clickable summary of all of the online attention relating to a single research output.

The Altmetric Attention Score and Donut Badge[edit]

Altmetric employs an algorithm to assign each item an automatically calculated score. Based on the volume and source of attention an item has received, the score is intended to reflect the reach or popularity of the research output. A multicolored 'donut' visualization is also generated to provide a summary of the sources of the attention that an item has received (red for news, light blue for Twitter, etc.).[19][20] Altmetric make the data available via the Altmetric Bookmarklet, a browser plugin, the Explorer platform, a cloud-hosted database, andAPI.

Trending papers from peer-reviewed psychology journals based on their Altmetric Attention Scores.

The sources include academic citations and academic platforms, patents, posts onsocial mediaandweb forums,Wikipediaarticles, users onMendeley.[21]

Many publishers, includingJohn Wiley & Sons,Taylor and Francis,TheJAMANetwork andSpringer Natureembed the Altmetric 'Donut' Badges into their journal article and book pages to show the Altmetric score for individual items from within the publisher platform.[22][23][24][25]At least one website,OOIR,is specifically built around the showcase of scientific trends based on Altmetric Attention Scores.[26]Even though there is no clear link between altmetric scores and societal impact, they can be used to predict future citation impact,[27]and may be a target for manipulation.[28]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^Shema, Hadas."Thoughts about altmetrics (an unorganized, overdue post)".Scientific American Blog Network.Retrieved25 February2017.
  3. ^Clark, Liat (2014-08-13)."How 'Google Science' could transform academic publishing".Wired UK.Retrieved25 February2017.
  4. ^Geoghegan-Quinn, Máire."EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) Keynote Speech:" Science 2.0: Europe can lead the next scientific transformation "".europa.eu.European Commission.Retrieved25 February2017.
  5. ^"Home - Digital Science".Digital Science.Retrieved2017-02-25.
  6. ^Coghill, Jeffrey G.; Russell, Roger G., eds. (2016).Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age.Rowman & Littlefield. p. 9.ISBN9781442264458.
  7. ^Carpenter, Caroline (2015-05-06)."Completed merger forms 'Springer Nature'".The Bookseller.Retrieved10 February2017.
  8. ^Stuart, David (2015-06-01)."Research Information".Retrieved10 February2017.
  9. ^abLuther, Judy (2012-07-25)."Altmetrics – Trying to Fill the Gap".The Scholarly Kitchen.Society for Scholarly Publishing.Retrieved10 February2017.
  10. ^Hicks, Diana; Wouters, Paul; Waltman, Ludo; de Rijcke, Sarah; Rafols, Ismael (22 April 2015)."Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics".Nature.520(7548): 429–431.Bibcode:2015Natur.520..429H.doi:10.1038/520429a.hdl:10261/132304.PMID25903611.
  11. ^McIntosh, Joyce, ed. (2016).Library and Information Science: Parameters and Perspectives.CRC Press. p. 33.ISBN9781466562028.
  12. ^"Altmetric | Apps for Science".Apps for Science.Retrieved2017-02-09.
  13. ^Elsevier."Elsevier Announces Winners of" Apps for Science "Challenge".prnewswire(Press release).Retrieved2017-02-09.
  14. ^"Explorer for Publishers".Altmetric.2015-07-09.Retrieved2017-02-09.
  15. ^"Altmetric and Nature awarded funding from the Google Digital News Innovation Fund – Altmetric".Retrieved2022-02-21.
  16. ^"altmetrics: a manifesto – altmetrics.org".altmetrics.org.Retrieved2017-02-09.
  17. ^"How it works".Altmetric.2015-07-09. Archived fromthe originalon 2020-02-12.Retrieved2017-02-09.
  18. ^"Our sources".Altmetric.2015-07-09.Retrieved2017-02-09.
  19. ^"The donut and Altmetric Attention Score".Altmetric.2015-07-09.Retrieved2017-02-09.
  20. ^Sheffield, University of."Altmetric donuts - Altmetric - Research Information Systems - Research & Innovation Services - The University of Sheffield".sheffield.ac.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-03-08.Retrieved2017-02-10.
  21. ^"Sources of Attention: Altmetric track a unique range of online sources to capture the conversations relating to research outputs".2015-07-09.
  22. ^"Altmetrics".Retrieved2017-02-10.
  23. ^"Author Services Measuring impact with article metrics".authorservices.taylorandfrancis.2015-05-25.Retrieved2017-02-10.
  24. ^Network, The JAMA."About Altmetrics on The JAMA Network".sites.jamanetwork.Retrieved2017-02-10.
  25. ^"Springer now sharing data from Altmetric on SpringerLink".springer.Retrieved2017-02-10.
  26. ^"About OOIR".Retrieved2023-03-14.
  27. ^ Thelwall, Mike; Nevill, Tamara (2018). "Could scientists use Altmetric scores to predict longer term citation counts?".Journal of Informetrics.12(1): 237–248.arXiv:1801.10311.doi:10.1016/j.joi.2018.01.008.S2CID4623584.
  28. ^Wien, Charlotte; Deutz, Daniella B. (2019-06-21)."What's in a tweet? Creating Social Media Echo Chambers to inflate 'the donut'".LIBER Quarterly.29:3.doi:10.18352/lq.10289.
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