Discover the story of your research with the Altmetric Details Page Timeline

Explore your attention over time through the Altmetric badges and further your analysis in the Altmetric Explorer 

In today’s data-driven world, the vast amount of data and information to sort through makes it incredibly difficult to ascertain which data is truly valuable to you.

Contextualizing and interpreting data is a challenging task, which poses the question of how I can be sure the metrics I’m looking at give me the full picture. When it comes to research attention, the landscape is fragmented across time and various sources, and can be difficult to interpret the data, report it to stakeholders, and gain actionable insights.

The Altmetric Details Page Timeline does just that, transforming your data into a dynamic narrative, showing exactly when and where your work is making an impact.

You can go beyond the total amount of attention an output has received, to truly understand where the attention originated from, how it has changed over time, and what caused it at a glance in a user-friendly visualization.

Drive smarter decisions and showcase the success of your published research

Imagine being able to see the story of your research unfold right before your eyes.

The Altmetric Detail Page Timeline gives you easy-to-understand visualizations to easily track the attention of your research. You can access it either via the Altmetric Explorer or the Altmetric Badges to see a snapshot of your attention over time and which sources it comes from. With The Altmetric Explorer, you can take it one step further and toggle between attention sources, zoom in on the moments that matter most, (such as a spike in attention after a press release), and uncover the hidden insights that can drive your next big move.

With the Altmetric Details Page Timeline, you can:

• Interact with the timeline visualization: Explore a dynamic timeline that offers a visual representation of the attention that a research output has received over time. Quickly identify trends, patterns and relationships between different attention sources and drill down into specific timeframes to assess the success of your publication strategies and marketing campaigns.

• Filter by specific source: With the Altmetric Explorer you can toggle between different sources of attention—such as news outlets, social media, policy documents, and more. You can remove the noise and only focus on the sources that matter most to you. 

• Click on different data points: Interact with the data in front of you and click through data points to drill down toon specific mentions, data sources etc. Gain instant context on spikes of attention and connect them immediately to their original content. 

Integrate it with your reports: With Altmetric Explorer, you can easily download and embed the visualization in your reports. Supercharge your presentations and effectively communicate the value of your research.

How you benefit