{"id":18708,"date":"2016-06-16T11:29:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T11:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/video\/how-altmetric-measures-the-attention-surrounding-academic-research\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:53:47","slug":"how-altmetric-measures-the-attention-surrounding-academic-research","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-altmetric-measures-the-attention-surrounding-academic-research","title":{"rendered":"How Altmetric measures the attention surrounding academic research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dr. Donald Samulack, US Operations, Editage, Cactus Communications, in conversation with Euan Adie, Founder and CEO of Altmetric <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the second of a series of interview vignettes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here, Euan talks about the various types of information Altmetric captures. Altmetric collects data about a paper using three main indicators:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public engagement: Is an author\u2019s work being discussed on external platforms such as mainstream media?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scholarly use: Are other researchers using an author\u2019s work?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Policy and practice: Has an author\u2019s work affected the way things happen in the real world?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, these are merely indicators and users would need some human interpretation for this data. And all this information for each article is brought forward to the researcher in a dedicated article details page that contains a report on each of these indicators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Other vignettes in the series:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/altmetric-came-out-of-my-experience-as-an-author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 1: &#8220;Altmetric came out of my experience as an author&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/finding-and-interpreting-altmetric-data-for-published-papers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 3: Finding and interpreting Altmetric data for published papers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/what-changes-does-the-current-research-landscape-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 4: What changes does the current research landscape need?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/researchers-should-use-altmetrics-data-to-advance-their-careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 5: Researchers should use altmetrics data to advance their careers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-difference-between-altmetric-and-alternative-metrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 6: The difference between Altmetric and alternative metrics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-evolution-of-altmetric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 7: How Altmetric evolved as a platform that increases the discoverability of 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