# Altmetric Explorer for Institutions

**Source**: https://research-hub.auckland.ac.nz/publishing-communication-profiles/metrics/altmetric-explorer-for-institutions
**Parent**: https://www.news.library.auckland.ac.nz/2023/05/04/altmetrics-who-is-reading-your-research/

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# Altmetric Explorer for Institutions

The Altmetric Explorer for Institutions platform tracks the attention that research outputs receive online beyond the traditional metrics of academia.

[Go to Altmetric Explorer](https://www.altmetric.com/explorer/highlights)

[Altmetric Explorer](https://www.altmetric.com/explorer/highlights) provides alternative metrics, such as news outlet mentions, policy and patent citations, from the following sources: :

- **Social media** - such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Reddit
- **News and blogs** - including mainstream outlets, field-specific publications and blogs from both major organisations and individual researchers
- **Policy and patents** - Policy documents and patents
- **Other sources** - Wikipedia, videos and Q&A posts
- **Academic Sources** - Faculty Opinions (formerly F1000Prime) and Peer Review

Each week, Altmetric captures mentions of scholarly content from tweets, blog posts, news stories and other content. It aggregates all the information it can find about a research output and quantifies the amount and the quality of attention being paid to an output. This quantification is then visualised as a coloured donut, where each colour represents a specific source of mentions.

### **Why use Altmetrics?**

Altmetrics can help researchers uncover evidence of societal engagement, influence and broader impacts to demonstrate the value of their research, including any recent publications that have not yet had a chance to accumulate traditional citations. Altmetrics are meant to complement, not totally replace, traditional measures. Read more about how you could use Altmetrics as a researcher [here](https://altmetric.figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Using_Altmetric_Explorer_to_Develop_Dissemination_Plans_A_Guide_for_Researchers_Institutions/9233186).

Check out the *10 things every researcher should know about using altmetrics* [slide deck](https://altmetric.figshare.com/articles/media/10_things_every_researcher_should_know_about_using_altmetrics/7224371?file=13304510) and video below.

### The Altmetric Attention Score

The [Altmetric Attention Score](https://www.altmetric.com/about-our-data/the-donut-and-score/) (in the middle of an Altmetric donut) is derived from an automated algorithm. It represents a *weighted* count of the amount of attention that has been found about a research output. A detailed explanation of how the scoring algorithm works can be found [here](https://help.altmetric.com/support/solutions/articles/6000233311-how-is-the-altmetric-attention-score-calculated-). 

Example: Eyres,L.,  Eyres M.F., Chisholm, A., & Brown, R.C. (2016). Coconut oil consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in humans. *Nutrition Reviews*, *74*(4), 267–280. <https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuw002>

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Altmetric attention score example

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