Your influence. Tracked. Explained. Visualized.

Altmetric’s interface tracks online engagement to reveal how and where your research is making a difference.

an angled laptop with a web browser showing a sidebar with an Altmetric donut and square icons next to multiple menu tabs, citation data and a map

Reveal online attention to research at speed

Thousands of conversations about research happen online every day. Altmetric tracks and captures a range of online attention sources to published research across social media, news outlets, policy and more. We collate this activity, to help you monitor, report and showcase the attention surrounding the research you care about.

Discover some of our solutions for online attention tracking

Uncover the wider influence of published research

Altmetric Explorer

Access and compare online attention to research, as Altmetric tracks thousands of online mentions across social media, mainstream media, policy, patents and more all in one platform.

Showcase research influence

Altmetric Badges

Quickly view and understand the dissemination of research at a glance.

Complement traditional citation analysis with Altmetric Badges. Each badge compiles and consolidates online attention to research, so you can instantly visualize and interpret online attention.

Flexible data as you need it

Altmetric API

Leverage Altmetric data in the way that works best for your organization.

Conduct more complex searches, ask granular questions, build custom visualizations and merge your own data with the Altmetric API.

Custom insight to meet your needs

Altmetric Consultancy

Have your questions answered, as our team creates customized and accurate dashboards in the way you need it.

Tell us your needs and our friendly data analysts can help you create a solution based on your exact requirements. They can even help you uncover solutions you hadn’t thought possible.

Transform your approach to engagement tracking

Move beyond citations and listen in on the conversation

What our customers say about us

A row of logos: Wiley company logo, Taylor & Francis company logo and LSE company logo

“Altmetric has the potential to change the way we understand the impact that research has within academia and more importantly the wider impact that it has in society.”

SAGE Publications

Latest insights

A Year in Discovery: The Top 10 Standout Publication…

With thousands of papers and studies being published daily, how do you know whether your…

Understanding attention with sentiment in Medical Affairs

For Medical Affairs teams, “impact” has often been measured by volume: how many times a…

Beyond the journal: Inside the Altmetric Top 25 NTRO…

For decades, journal articles have been the gold standard of scholarly communication. And while they…

The institutional dilemma: Assessing impact vs. miti…

For academic research administrators and institutional leadership, the core mandate is twofold: drive high-value, real-world…

On-demand webinars

The Online Life of Retracted Science: the news cycle, social media and journalistic responsibilities

Time: 2 pm BST/ 4 pm EEST Retracted research doesn’t simply disappear once it is…

REF 2029: From scattered evidence to confident submissions

Bring your data, outputs, and impact together across Engagement & Impact, and People, Culture &…

Building institutional impact: Supporting researchers and strengthening the university

Who is this webinar for? Research administrators, knowledge exchange and impact professionals, deans, department chairs,…

Unreliable Science: Unravelling the Impact of Mainstream Media Misrepresentation

This session dives into a project by the University of Turku, funded by the European…

Altmetric Update: A Year of New Features

In this webinar, we’ll highlight the major updates introduced over the past year, including new…

12 Months That Changed a Year: New Ways Altmetric Is Helping You Capture the Dissemination of Research Online

The Altmetric doughnut has long been a recognisable staple in the research landscape – helping…

Business School Accreditation With Altmetric: BI Norwegian Business School

In this session from our Academic User Day, we were joined by Craig Aaen-Stockdale. Craig…

Using Altmetric for Impact Analysis at VU Amsterdam

In this session from our Academic User Day, we were joined by Matthijs de Zwaan,…

The Research Radar: How Altmetrics Shape Academic Strategy

The final webinar in our Research Impact User Stories series. Altmetrics offer more than just…

Altmetric & Dimensions Academic User Day 2025

An exciting, content-rich virtual event where our team highlighted what sets Altmetric and Dimensions apart.…

On Impact and Career Trajectories of Scientists: Using Altmetrics, Bibliometrics, and Administrative Data in Research

The third webinar in our Research Impact User Stories series. Watch our compelling webinar that…

Promoting Research Impact: Rolling Out and Supporting Altmetric at the University of Bristol

The second webinar in our Research Impact User Stories series, we were joined by Frankie…

Let’s stay in touch

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest updates about Altmetric and other Digital Science solutions.