Case Study: The University of Manchester enhances research impact tracking with Altmetric

University of Manchester tracks 64,786 research mentions with Altmetric

The University of Manchester sought to efficiently gather evidence of the broader societal impact of its research for government reviews and to monitor public engagement. Their challenge was manually compiling this data, which was a time-consuming process. To address this, the university partnered with Altmetric to implement its Altmetric for Institutions product.

The solution provided by Altmetric consolidated online attention data into a single platform, offering qualitative context and links to full-text mentions. This allowed the university to easily identify high-impact research and track outreach efforts. As a result, the University of Manchester has tracked over 64,000 mentions of its research, including 335 policy references, and uses the Altmetric data to help faculty strengthen funding applications and develop future engagement strategies.

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