Case Study
Using Altmetric Explorer for Institutions to analyse attention around medical publications
Case Study Using Altmetric Explorer for Institutions to analyse attention around medical publications Goals • Understand where research was receiving attention • Analyse results to inform future work Solution • Used Explorer for Institutions to report on online attention for medical publications • Exported data to produce extensive visualisations Outcomes • Found highest levels of attention between 1 month prior/2 months after being assigned to a journal issue online • Articles published in journals that have a social media presence received the most attention • Attention sources were more varied for primary articles About the company As one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, this organization has an active research team who publish approximately 500 peer-