Research Guides: Impact Factor and Journal Metrics: Article Impact Factor

Article level metrics are an evolving area. Measures include the number of citations in social media sites (altmetrics), as well as open peer or crowd-based recommendations or reviews.

Find and Use Altmetrics

Altmetric is a system that tracks the attention that research outputs such as scholarly articles and data sets receive online. It pulls data from:

Social media such as X and Facebook
Traditional media - both mainstream (The Guardian, New York Times) and field specific (New Scientist, Bird Watching). Many non-English language titles are covered.
Blogs - both major organizations (Cancer Research UK) and individual researchers
Online reference managers like Mendeley and CiteULike

Resources for finding and using altmetrics:

Dimensions - Free Version
Research data resource that tracks information on publications and their citations and mentions, datasets, research funding, patents, clinical trials, and policy documents.

Users will need to register for a free account.

Find and Use Citation Analysis

Google Scholar
Broad search for scholarly information.

See FAQ for more information on searching Google Scholar.

Dimensions - Free Version
Research data resource that tracks information on publications and their citations and mentions, datasets, research funding, patents, clinical trials, and policy documents.

Users will need to register for a free account.

Web of Science Core Collection

Citation search of journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities.

Includes Grants Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, and Emerging Sources Citation Index.