Case Study: Radiological Society of North America gains earlier insight into paper impact with Altmetric

Radiological Society of North America gets earlier paper impact signals with Altmetric Explorer

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), a non-profit dedicated to promoting excellence in radiology, needed to better understand the reach and impact of its six peer-reviewed journals. Its challenge was to gain a fuller picture of reader engagement beyond traditional metrics to support its mission, make smarter editorial decisions, and market its publications more effectively. To address this, they turned to vendor Altmetric and its product, Altmetric Explorer.

Using Altmetric Explorer, RSNA gained an earlier indicator of a paper's reach by tracking its online attention. The solution allowed them to identify top-performing papers by combining altmetrics with citations and downloads, benchmark their articles against competitors, and help editors see which topics resonated with a broader audience. Altmetric provided evidence of previously untracked engagement, making it a significant part of how they now judge a paper's overall impact and better support their authors.

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