Case Study: Evidence for Democracy demonstrates the policy impact of Canadian climate science with Altmetric

Evidence for Democracy tracks 500+ climate science publications with Altmetric

Evidence for Democracy, a non-partisan Canadian non-profit promoting evidence-based government, faced the challenge of investigating the national climate science funding landscape after a key federal program was canceled. They needed to demonstrate the real-world impact of publicly funded research to assess if current funding enables meaningful scientific work. They used Altmetric and its Altmetric Explorer service to analyze the reach of relevant scholarly publications.

The solution involved using Altmetric Explorer to track policy, news, and social media attention for over 500 funded publications. Altmetric enabled the team to visualize and detail how Canadian climate science reached international policy documents and major news outlets. The resulting report, covered by national media, directly influenced policy, prompting Canada's Environment Minister to call for a funding overhaul, demonstrating a clear impact from Evidence for Democracy's research.

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