VIVO Documentation
Old Release
This documentation relates to an old version of VIVO, version 1.9.x. Looking for another version? See all documentation.
Overview
"Altmetrics" is a general term for non-traditional metrics related to scholarly works. See Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altmetrics
"Altmetric" is a company, a division of Digital Science, that collects altmetrics and makes them available via APIs. See http://altmetric.com
VIVO uses APIs provided by Altmetric to provide altmetrics on scholarly works.
Display
Configuration
Six configuration parameters regulate how VIVO uses and displays altmetrics. See Configuration Reference