Table 1 Comparison of the most representative altmetric providers
From: A critical review on altmetrics: can we measure the social impact factor?
Altmetric.com | PlumX | Impactstory | Article-level metrics-PLoS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Created time | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2009 |
Target group | Researchers, publishers, librarians, editors, funders | Researchers, publishers, funders | Researchers, publishers, funders | Researchers, publishers, funders |
Data source | Mainstream media (This list currently extends to over 5000 English and non-English global news outlets) Blogs (15.000 academic and no academic blogs) Wikipedia pages Policy Documents Patent citations Social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Reddit) Post-publication peer review fórums (Publons/Pubpeer) References Manager (CiteULike) Other online sources: Sites running Stack Exchange (Q&A) F1000Prime recommendations YouTube Open Syllabus Citations (Dimensions and Web of Science) Citations are only available within the Explorer | Scopus, CrossRef, PubMed Central EBSCO, PLOS, bit.ly, GitHub, Dryad, Figshare, SlideShare, Institutional Repositories, WorldCat CiteULike, Mendeley, Delicious, SlideShare, YouTube, GitHub, Goodreads, Vimeo Blog posts, comments, reviews, Wikipedia references, news media) Social Media: Facebook, Reddit, SlideShare, Vimeo, YouTube, GitHub, StackExchange, Wikipedia, SourceForge, Research Blogging, Science Seeker, Amazon, Google Plus, Twitter via DataSift) | Scopus, Web of Knowledge, HighWire, Google Scholar Citations, PubMed CiteULike, Mendeley, CrossRef, Vimeo, Figshare, GitHub, SlideShare, YouTube, Delicious Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Figshare, Wikipedia, Vimeo, YouTube, SlideShare, Delicious, GitHub) | (PLOS Journals, PubMed Central) CiteULike, Mendeley CrossRef, DataCite, Europe PMC, PubMed Central, Scopus, Web of Science F2000 Prime PLOS Comments, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Wikipedia |
Type of actions | Social media Viewed Discussed or Mentions Saved or captures | Citation Usage Captures Mentions Social media | Citation Captures Social Media | Viewed Saved Cited Recommended Discussed |
Attention Score | Altmetric Attention Score | Plum Print | ||
Accessibility | Annual subscription basis | Particular institutions | Free Access | Free access |
Coverage | Scholarly articles | Journal articles, videos, books, presentations… | All the research products (Journal articles, blog posts, dataset…) | Papers from PLOS |
Business model | For profit | For profit | Non-profit | Non-profit |