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Altmetric

Altmetric follows online attention across news outlets, websites, blogs, social media, and more, tracking thousands of online conversations to uncover the societal impact of scholarly works.

Editing Pages

Search Results

Within a search results page, users will see the Altmetric badge located to the right of the document, next to the ScholarCheck metrics.

image of the Altmetric donut badge next to ScholarCheck metrics within a HeinOnline search results page

Author Profile Pages

The Altmetric badge can be found on Author Profile Pages in HeinOnline. Similar to search results, the donut badge will be listed next to the ScholarCheck metrics of the author’s listed works.

image of the Almeteric Donut Badge on a HeinOnline author profile page listed next to the ScholarCheck metrics

Viewing an Article

When viewing an article in HeinOnline, an Altmetric badge will display next to the ScholarCheck metrics above the table of contents.

image of an Altmetric badge shown above the table of contents when viewing an article in HeinOnline

MyHein

If a user saves an article that contains an Altmetric badge to their MyHein account, the badge will be displayed there as well.

image of an Altmetric badge listed within a bookmark of a MyHein account