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Assess impact before academic citations accrue Incorporate both academic and social metrics Reflect changing influence of a work over time Submit Publishing FAQs Fees Pay Invoice Metrics Funder Compliance Menu Submit Publishing FAQs Fees Pay Invoice Metrics Funder Compliance HOW TO MAKE ALTMETRICS WORK FOR YOU Altmetrics track the reach, use, and reuse of research outcomes – from articles and figures to datasets and code – to help guide understanding of a work’s influence Communicate Your Impact Feature your article’s metrics on your public profile pages (lab website, personal blog, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, LinkedIn) to tell your article’s story to those who are interested in your work. Let Your Funders Know The ability to demonstrate that your research generates significant interest could help secure the advantage you need in a tight, competitive funding environment. Raise Your Career Profile Showcase the influence of your work when you apply for tenure and promotion or when you apply for positions outside academia—in policy, industry or elsewhere. Discover Research That Matters Altmetrics can guide you to the most important and influential work, whether for analyzing trends in a field of interest, staying abreast of recent discoveries or searching ideas for a new project. Connect with Collaborators Identify potential collaborators early, based upon the impact of their work and its relevance to yours. Altmetrics allow you to find them while they’re actively engaged in the research of interest. HOW ARE ALTMETRICS CALCULATED? Because altmetrics are available shortly after publication and are continually updated, they provide a snapshot of an article’s reach at any given moment. PLOS articles will display counts from the following sources*: *Altmetric discuss the sources they track here . Viewed PLOS Journals (HTML, PDF, XML) Cited Dimensions Recommended F1000 Prime Discussed Facebook, Reddit, X (formerly known as Twitter), Wikipedia Saved CiteULike, Mendeley WHERE TO FIND AN ARTICLE’S METRICS Evaluate influence directly on each page of any PLOS article by the number of saves, citations, views and shares, or click on the Metrics” tab to dive deeper and learn more about how an article and its data or figures are viewed, saved, discussed and cited. The Media Coverage” tab collates media coverage into one place. For privately funded researchers, article-level metrics show supporters of our research program the impact that is made by their contributions” and are an intuitive way for non-scientists to understand the relevance and interest of seemingly esoteric research. Andrew Farke, PhD Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology, Raymond M. Alf Musuem of Paleontology, Claremont, California Transform your research with PLOS. 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