Altmetric for Books offers a comprehensive solution for monitoring the online attention and impact of published academic works, including entire books and individual chapters. It provides an up-to-date record of a book's engagement across various online platforms, regardless of its format. The software tracks discussions and mentions as they happen, delivering crucial insights to academics, publishers, institutions, businesses, and nonprofits regarding how their published content is being received. For effective tracking, books require good metadata, publication by a whitelisted publisher domain, and a unique identifier such as an ISBN or DOI. Altmetric can also leverage detailed meta tags to trace a book's online visibility through specific search criteria, helping to position the work within its field. The platform aims to help users understand the attention their books receive, set up alerts for new mentions, explore data for individual chapters, discover readership demographics, and tailor marketing strategies based on real-time engagement data. It moves beyond traditional citation metrics to demonstrate broader online influence and engagement.

Features & Benefits

• Track Book Attention
  • Provides a continuously updated record of your book's online engagement, from title mentions to specific chapters.
• Altmetric Attention Ratings
  • Visualizes attention recorded across various online outputs using the Altmetric donut, with each mention displayed chronologically.
• Alerts for New Mentions
  • Notifies users instantly when their published works are discussed on different online platforms.
• Chapter-Level Tracking
  • Offers a contents section on the book summary page to monitor individual chapters, identifying their influence and context.
• Readership Demographics
  • Utilizes data from social media platforms like X (Twitter) and Mendeley to reveal who is engaging with the book, their commentary, and geographical location.
• Marketing Strategy Tailoring
  • Contextualizes research attention and automatically generates shareable summaries for reporting to stakeholders or integrating into new marketing plans.
• Demonstrate Engagement & Influence
  • Moves beyond traditional citations to illustrate the broader online engagement and influence of published work.