(3 Dec 2024) Digital Science has announced that Altmetric, which gauges the online attention of research, has added the social media platform Bluesky as a new attention source for published research.
This major development sees Altmetric become the first to systematically track the impact of conversations about research on Bluesky, which has reached more than 23 million users. The new attention source is reflected in the distinctive Altmetric Badges – appearing as a sky blue colour – as well as in Altmetric Attention Scores, and will appear in further detail in Altmetric Explorer.
By adding Bluesky as an attention source, Altmetric will provide:
- Increased diversity of social media tracking;
- Reliability and continuity in data;
- Broader insights and analysis;
- Transparent attention scoring; and
- Social media analytics to drive strategic decisions.
Altmetric tracks Bluesky attention in real-time, detecting posts, reposts and quotes that contain a direct link to a scholarly output. As of today, Altmetric has tracked 395,000 mentions of published research on Bluesky.
The announcement is here.
