Case Study: Psychiatric Genomics Consortium proves research impact in grant applications with Altmetric

Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Using Altmetric data for grant applications

The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC), a global group of over 800 scientists, needed to document the impact of their previous work for a highly competitive grant application. To move beyond slow-to-accumulate academic citations, they turned to Altmetric data to provide a quicker, more comprehensive measure of their research's online engagement and influence.

By implementing Altmetric's data, the PGC was able to quantify the online attention their work received. In their grant application, they showcased that a key paper had an Altmetric Attention Score of 1,341, placing it in the 99th percentile of similar papers, providing a powerful, metric-driven argument for their work's widespread impact and reach. Altmetric provided the consortium with the robust evidence needed to compellingly demonstrate their influence to funders.

Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

Patrick Sullivan

Lead PI