Case Study: RCSI tracks research reach and impact with Altmetric

RCSI adopts Altmetric in 2019 to measure research reach and influence

RCSI is an Irish University of Medicine that produces high-impact research and aims to be in the Top 200 of global university rankings. Its challenge was to maximize the dissemination of its research outputs to broader audiences and find ways to measure the influence of that activity. To address this, they adopted the Altmetric Explorer from the vendor Altmetric.

The solution from Altmetric provided RCSI with data to track attention around research, helping them run targeted outreach campaigns and measure changes in engagement. Using Altmetric, they can now quantify the potential influence of their work and plan to use this data in annual reports to introduce altmetrics as a complementary measure to traditional citations, demonstrating research value to both internal management and external reviewers.

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