Online attention and altmetrics

You can track online attention to your research with altmetrics (alternative metrics). Altmetrics can uncover the volume and nature of attention to your publications from sources including:

  • social media engagement (likes, retweets and  comments)
  • public policy documents
  • clinical guidelines
  • patent citations
  • news articles and mainstream media
  • blog posts
  • Wikipedia.

Learn more about Altmetrics — includes guides, videos and recommended readings.

Find Altmetric Attention data

Altmetric Explorer

Altmetric Explorer for Institutions shows the online activity surrounding your academic research.

Watch how to navigate and use Altmetric Explorer (YouTube playlist).

UQ eSpace

  1. Search for your publications in UQ eSpace.
  2. Click the number under the Altmetric Attention donut in the result.

Only publications with a DOI have altmetric data. If there is no number, the article may not have Altmetric data.

Altmetric Bookmarklet

Add the Altmetric Bookmarklet to your bookmarks toolbar to get article altmetrics for any recent paper.

More ways to measure attention to publications

Impactstory

Impactstory is a free site where researchers can explore and share the online attention of their research.

Requires an ORCID or X (Twitter) account.

PlumX metrics

PlumX metrics are available for articles indexed in the Scopus and CINAHL Complete databases. Look for the PlumX Metrics widget.

Sage Policy Profiles

Sage Policy Profiles is a free tool individual researchers can use to track how your research has been cited in policy from governments, think tanks and policymakers across the world.