Altmetric Data Enhances the Dimensions Platform

Digital Science portfolio company ÜberResearch, today announced the integration of Altmetric badges into their Dimensions platform, a global grants database. Dimensions provides funders and institutions a comprehensive view of the research funding landscape, helping them make informed and data-driven strategic decisions. This integration will offer quantitative and qualitative attention insights, adding new context to support strategic decision-making.

Altmetric badges and attention score will now appear in publication search results within Dimensions. For the first time, users on the platform will get an immediate visual indicator of the type and volume of online attention surrounding individual research publications.

For those on the platform, all you need to do is to  click on the colourful badges where you will see full details of the online attention research items have received from sources like: the mainstream media, social and scholarly networks, blogs and Wikipedia, as well as a record of where studies have influenced public policy or been cited amongst academics.

Christian Herzog, CEO of ÜberResearch says:

“Providing the additional insights that Altmetric badges and their associated details pages bring was a key priority for us. Making this data available to our users will help them more easily determine the bigger picture of research in a given field, and will better inform their decision-making as a result.”

Euan Adie, Altmetric Founder adds,

“The integration of Altmetric badges to the Dimensions platform really showcases how our data can be used to add valuable context in an easily accessible way. Understanding the broader engagement surrounding funded research is a key priority for many of our mutual clients, and this is a big step forward in enabling them to do so effectively.”

The Altmetric badges, which are now live on the Dimensions platform, are available to Dimensions customers who also subscribe to the Altmetric Explorer for Institutions platform.

This integration is another great example that showcases how two of our portfolio companies are working together to change our understanding of the research landscape.