Altmetric for Scopus is a powerful 3rd party web application that
runs within the new DIT Library database
Scopus . It appears in the sidebar of the article and abstract pages. It's a
quick and easy way to see all of the social or mainstream media mentions
gathered
for a particular paper as well as reader counts on popular reference
managers.
The Altmetric application is currently installed for all
Scopus users by default but
will only appear in the sidebar when there is data available for the
article that you're currently viewing. You can find it underneath the "Related Documents" box on the right hand side of the screen.
What does Altmetric do?
Altmetric
watches social media sites (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest,
Google+), science blogs, many mainstream media outlets (including the NY
Times, The Guardian, non-English language publications like Die Zeit
& Le Monde and special interest publications like Scientific
American, New Scientist)
and reference managers for mentions of academic papers.
It cleans up this data, enriches it and then allows authors, readers and researchers to see it in context.
Though
not every article is discussed in public online Altmetric tracks over a hundred thousand mentions a week. Well worth a look alongside the regular bibliometric SCOPUS functionality.
