Altmetric Explorer
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Subject: General/Multidisciplinary
Type: Altmetrics
Altmetrics is an alternative and broader way of measuring the impact of research and collects mentions of research publications from social media, news articles etc. as a complement to the traditional bibliometrics that focuses on citations in scientific publications.
Altmetric Explorer monitor the following sources for mentions of research outputs:
- Public policy document
- Mainstream media
- Online reference managers (Mendeley)
- Post-publication peer-review platsforms (Publons)
- Wikipedia
- Patents (IFI CLAIMS)
- Open Syllabus Project
- Blogs
- Citations
- Research highlights (Faculty Opinions)
- Social media (Facebook, Twitter)
- Multimedia and other platforms (YouTube, Reddit, Q&A)