Duke University, a private research university, has selected the Altmetric for Institutions platform to offer its faculty and administrators further insight into the online dissemination and engagement surrounding its research.
The platform enables members of the Duke community to browse, filter and report on the online mentions of their research, as tracked by Altmetric in non-traditional sources including public policy documents, mainstream and social media, online reference managers, post-publication peer-review forums, and other online forums such as F1000 and Wikipedia. Users will also have access to the full Altmetric database, enabling them to compare the attention surrounding their research with that of peer institutions and colleagues.
The Altmetric for Institutions platform provides summary, departmental and author level reporting, meaning that an overall picture of online attention can be easily identified. The ability to create custom groups means that users are also able to report on the outcomes of specific projects or multi-disciplinary research teams.
Implementation is now in progress and expected to be completed in the next few weeks.
