Research Guides: Research Impact: Altmetrics

What Are Altmetrics?

Altmetric Bookmarklet
Install this free bookmarklet for Chrome, Firefox, or Safari to quickly view article-level metrics for online journal articles.
Embeddable Altmetric Badges
Create customized badges for your articles that you can embed on your personal webpage or use in your promotion and tenure materials.
23 diverse metrics to use in your next grant application
Use Altmetric data in your NIH Biosketch
Use Altmetrics to showcase engagement efforts in promotion and tenure

Becker Medical Library Model for Assessment of Research Impact
This model provides a list of indicators to document evidence of biomedical research impact. It is intended to be used as a supplement to publication analysis. Indicators are grouped into five categories: advancement of knowledge, clinical implementation, community benefit, legislation and policy, and economic benefit.