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Knowledge Mobilization & Impact: Altmetric

A selection of web tools that support scholarly research activities across the research lifecycle.

Altmetric

Altmetric
"Complement your reading by instantly visualising a paper's online attention. Discover new scholarly articles in hundreds of disciplines, while monitoring your personal research impact in academia and beyond. "

How Altmetric Supports Research

What's the Research-Related Purpose?

To track and demonstrate the reach and influence of your work to key stakeholders.
To collect mentions of scholarly articles from newspapers, blogs, social media, etc.

Additional Information:

Altmetric is subscription-based; the University of Lethbridge Library provides Altmetric integration within the Summon search tool results but does not currently subscribe to the full resource.

Further Reading:

Cress, P. E. (2014). Using Altmetrics and social media to supplement impact factor: Maximizing your article’s academic and societal impact. Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 34(7), 1123-1126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090820X14542973

Altmetrics -- Research Guide
By The University of Waterloo Library
Enter Alternative Metrics: Indicators that capture the value of research and richness of scholarly discourse
LSE Impact of Social Sciences

University of Lethbridge Examples: Altmetric

The University Library's SUMMON search tool embeds Altmetric icons into returned search results. They look like this: