Altmetrics refers to ways of measuring the use and impact of scholarship beyond citations. Altmetrics aims to capture a more complete picture of scholarly impact by counting and analyzing usage of scholarly work in mediums like:
Find out more about the sources for altmetrics from PlumX's helpful guide. Additionally, altmetrics can be used to understand the research impact of scholarly works that aren't captured through citation counts, such as
Because it can take years to accumulate citations in scholarly literature, altmetrics provides more timely usage data for real-time reporting of scholarly impact.
For more information on altmetrics and PlumX, visit our Altmetrics guide.
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