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PLOS (Public Library of Science)

PLOS publishes seven peer-reviewed open-access journals covering the life and health sciences

Finding altmetrics on PLOS

1)  Go to PLOS (Public Library of Science)



2)  Enter your search terms in the search box in the upper right-hand corner of the page



3)  When you find an article of interest in your search results, click on the title to access its metrics:



4)  Look in the upper right-hand corner of the screen to see an overview of the metrics available for this article. Then, click on the Metrics button to view a detailed explanation of the metrics:



Atlmetrics provided:  When available, numer of article and data views and downloads; number of ciations in Scopus, PubMed Central, Web of Science, Europe PubMed Central and/or Google Scholar; number of Mendeley or CiteULike saved bookmarks; and total number of shares on Twitter,  Facebook, and Google Blogs.

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