Researchfish Integrate Altmetric Badges Into Their Platform

Researchfish, the research impact assessment platform provider, today announced that Altmetric badges, which showcase the online engagement surrounding scholarly publications, have been integrated into the Researchfish platform.

The integration further enhances the information collected by research funders, allowing an increasingly comprehensive picture of the broader impacts relating to scholarly work to be collated and analysed. These insights provide vital data for institutions and faculty to use in reporting back to key stakeholders including donors, the general public and government.

The Altmetric badges will appear alongside the publication title in instances where Altmetric has found attention for the item from online channels including public policy sources, the mainstream media, social networks, and scholarly forums. Users can hover over the badges to see a summary of activity, and click through to the associated Altmetric details page to see the 4 most recent mentions from each attention source.

Speaking about the integration, Sean Newell, Researchfish CEO, said

“We are very excited about this integration. Researchers, funders and research organisations can now easily see the volume and type of activity a publication is receiving, which can give an early indication of engagement.”

Altmetric’s Founder, Euan Adie adds,

“We’re really pleased that Researchfish have decided to integrate Altmetric data into their platform. In doing so, they’re providing users with valuable evidence of the wider influence and reach of their research, helping them to demonstrate its value to funders, management and other important audiences.”