The sources include academic citations and academic platforms, patents, posts on social media and web forums, Wikipedia articles, users on Mendeley.
(meta data) TITLE:  Our sources – Altmetric # Sources of Attention #### Altmetric track a unique range of online sources to capture the conversations relating to research outputs ## Relevant, reliable and transparent We monitor the following sources for mentions of research outputs to bring you the most relevant and up to date picture of the online activity and discussion: #### Public policy documents We track and text mine a range of public policy sources globally, looking for references to published research. #### Mainstream media Our mainstream media tracking offers a unique insight into where a piece of research has attracted high-profile coverage from over 2,000 outlets around the world. Click here to find out how we pick up mentions and view a list of all of the media outlets we track. #### Online reference managers Displayed on the details pages but not included in the Altmetric score are the number of Mendeley users who have saved the research to their library. You can view a breakdown of the demographics (location, discipline, etc) of these users on the summary tab details page. #### Post-publication peer-review platforms Also included in our coverage are evaluations of individual outputs from contributors to open post-publication peer-review forums Pubpeer and Publons. #### Wikipedia We currently track the English language version of Wikipedia for citations to published research, with new mentions or edits being identified automatically. #### Open Syllabus Project Data from the Open Syllabus Project is displayed on the details pages of individual books to showcase where those titles appear in the course syllabi of over 4,000 institutions around the world. #### Patents Using data from IIFI CLAIMS®, we track references found in patents filed with nine international patents offices so that users can understand the global economic impacts of published research. #### Blogs Our system scans a manually curated list of over 9,000 academic and non-academic blogs every day. #### Citations We provide Dimensions citations data in the Explorer for Publishers, Explorer for Institutions and on details pages for outputs that have received attention from the other sources we track. Web of Science (where licensed) citation information is also available within both Explorer platforms. Users are able to see the total citation count and 3 citing articles in the Altmetric details page for the item, and click through to view the full record. #### Research highlights Recommendations of individual research outputs from F1000Prime. #### Social Media We track a range of social networks for mentions of research outputs – all of these are then displayed on the details page for complete transparency. Networks we track include: – Facebook (mentions on curated list of public pages only) – Twitter – LinkedIn, Google+, Sin Weibo and Pinterest (historical data only – they no longer supply an open feed) #### Multimedia and other online platforms We also monitor a selection of other sites and community forums: – YouTube – Reddit – Q&A (stack overflow) Our sources list is expanding all the time. Visit our knowledgebase for details of when we started tracking each type of source. ## Got a new source you think we should be tracking? Fill in the form below to let us know! We'll take a look and add it if we can. (Note that for blogs and mainstream media sites we need an RSS feed to be able to do this) Your name:*Your email:*Type of source you'd like to suggest we track:*News outletBlogPolicy sourceOtherSource name (e.g. BBC News):*Source URL (e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news):RSS feed (if available, e.g. http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml?edition=uk):CAPTCHA
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The Altmetric Attention Score and Donut Badge.
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.). Altmetric make the data available via the Altmetric Bookmarklet, a browser plugin, the Explorer platform, a cloud-hosted database, and API. 
