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Research Output

This page contains information about the Research Output data source in the Altmetric BigQuery project.

Research Output Schema

Field Type Description Example
altmetric_score Float Altmetric Attention Score. ⓘ
date String Date of publication where available. Online publication date is preferred over the print publication date. ⓘ
id String Clustering field Unique Altmetric identifier. ⓘ
identifiers Identifiers Research output identifiers ⓘ
last_mentioned_at Timestamp Most recent date of mention of this publication. ⓘ
mentions Mentions Aggregated counts of Altmetric posts where the research output has been mentioned. ⓘ
parent_id String ID of parent entity (e.g. a chapter's book ID)
readers Readers Number of people who have bookmarked this output.
title String Research output title. ⓘ
year Integer Partitioning field Year of publication (YYYY). ⓘ

Research Output Links

The diagram below provides an overview of the outgoing links from Research Output to other sources.

altmetric-research-output outgoing links

Auxiliary Entities

DimensionsRelationships

Field Type Description
clinical_trial_id String Links to Dimensions 'clinical_trials' table.
dataset_id String Links to Dimensions 'datasets' table.
publication_id String Links to Dimensions 'publications' table.

Identifiers

Field Type Description
ads_id String SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) ID.
arxiv_id String arXiv identifier.
dimensions DimensionsRelationships Dimensions identifiers for publications, datasets and clinical trials.
doi String Digital Object Identifier.
handle_prefixes Array of < String > Prefixes of the handles as per https://handle.net/prefix.html (institutional identifier).
handles Array of < String > Handle.net IDs (Institutional publication identifier).
isbns Array of < String > Array of ISBNs for books (can contain multiple values).
nct_id String National Clinical Trial identifier.
pmcid String PubMed Central ID.
pmid String PubMed ID.
repec String Research Papers in Economics ID.
ssrn String SSRN (formerly known as Social Science Research Network) ID.
url String URL link to the publication.
urn String Uniform Resource Name.

Mentions

Field Type Description
blog Integer Number of posts on blogs that have mentioned the research output.
bluesky Integer Number of BlueSky posts referencing this research output.
f1000 Integer Recommendations of this research output on H1, formerly Faculty Opinions, also formerly F1000Prime.
fbwall Integer Number of posts that have mentioned the output on Facebook walls.
gplus Integer Number of posts that mentioned the research output from accounts on Google+.
guideline Integer Number of clinical decision guidelines referencing this research output.
linkedin Integer Historical mentions of this research output on LinkedIn; deprecated source as of March 2014.
msm Integer Number of posts in news sources that have referenced the research output.
patent Integer Number of patents that have cited this research output.
peer_review Integer Reviews of this research output on the public peer review platforms PubPeer (historical) and/or Publons (current).
pinterest Integer Historical mentions of this research output in Pinterest pins; deprecated source as of June 2013.
podcast Integer Number of podcast episodes that have mentioned this research output.
policy Integer Number of policy documents that have cited this research output.
post_ids Array of < String > Listing of all Altmetric post identifiers where this research output was mentioned. (Link to the posts dataset.)
qna Integer Mentions of research outputs in questions and answers (Q&A) from the StackExchange network
rdt Integer Number of posts by Redditors that have referenced this research output.
seminar Integer Number of seminars that have referenced this research output.
tweet Integer Number of X (formerly Twitter) posts referencing this research output.
video Integer Number of videos on Youtube which have referenced this research output.
weibo Integer Historical mentions of this research output in the Chinese microblogging platform Sina Weibo; deprecated source as of July 2015.
wikipedia Integer Number of wikipedia pages that have referenced this research output.

Readers

Field Type Description
mendeley Integer Number of people who have bookmarked this output in Mendeley.