Covid-19 research papers account for around 30 per cent of the Altmetric Top 100 list, released today (20 January)
A research paper on synthesising realistic video-sequences of speech and expressions to mimic a particular individual has become the most widely-shared in the Altmetric 100's seven-year history
Research on mortality rates in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria have topped the Altmetric Top 100, released today
David Stuart describes how mainstream altmetrics have become, and the challenges the concept still faces
IntechOpen has become the first fully open access book publisher to implement Altmetric Badges for Books
For academic journal articles Altmetric badges are a widely used and well understood measurement of impact. Historically, due to both complexities in the data and differences in the way audiences engage with the content, it has been more difficult to provide the same kind of insights into the impact of books and book chapters.
From the Journal Impact Factor to the latest altmetrics, scholarly players are crying out for metrics to be used responsibly, reports Rebecca Pool
The 2017 Altmetric Top 100 has been released – with the top article of the year being named as research debunking the commonly-held belief that fat consumption is bad for your health
Cabells, which connects researchers, librarians, administrators, and institutions to the journal titles they need, has announced the integration of Altmetric data into the redesigned Journal Whitelist database
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has awarded its annual research grant for 2017 to Evan Goldstein, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Geological Sciences at the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast
Patrick Hargitt explains why 2022 became the year that accessibility got serious
Joseph Koivisto and Jordan Sly from the University of Maryland discuss the implications of the publications-as-data model
Despite the collective and decisive step changes in enabling the transition to open access this year, we should not be complacent, writes Susie Winter
Thomas Shaw and Andrew Barker from Lancaster University Library discuss the realities, challenges and future impact of open access in the research community
It’s not a question of if, but how. The future of scholarly publishing is open, yet the debate on how to accelerate the growth of open access continues
