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Research Impact Metrics

Part of the guide was adapted with permission from University of Oklahoma's Brent Tweedy.

Colors of the Altmetric donut

The Altmetric Attention Score and donut are designed to help you easily identify how much and what type of attention a research output has received.

The colors of the Altmetric donut each represent a different source of attention:

The amount of each color in the donut will change depending on which sources a research output has received attention from.

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