Case Study: Psychiatric Genomics Consortium boosts grant application impact with Altmetric

Psychiatric Genomics Consortium uses Altmetric to showcase a 1,341 Attention Score and 99th percentile impact

The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, a global research group led by Professor Patrick Sullivan, faced the challenge of demonstrating the impact of their work for competitive grant applications. Traditional academic citations were too slow to capture recent engagement. They turned to Altmetric and its Altmetric Attention Score to quantify the online attention and influence of their published research as a faster, complementary metric.

The solution involved integrating Altmetric data, specifically the Altmetric donut and score, directly into their grant documentation. This provided a quantifiable measure of online reach and public engagement that citations alone could not show. For example, a key paper on the genetics of major depression achieved an Altmetric Attention Score of 1284, placing it in the 99th percentile for similar papers, thereby providing powerful, numerical evidence of impact for their funders.

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