Altmetric, a system that tracks the attention that scholarly articles and datasets receive online by pulling in “posts” from social media, traditional media and online reference managers, has announced that they have expanded to also monitor the attention of ClinicalTrials.gov study records. As per the company’s November 12 press release: “Patients, researchers, healthcare professionals, regulators, and many others can now read the conversations and media coverage surrounding specific clinical trials, even before results have been published.”

As of the date of the press release, the Altmetric Bookmarklet was not yet appearing on the ClinicalTrials.gov pages, however, there are plans to have it added in the near future.

Feel free to contact the library with any questions about Altmetric or for information on any other scholarly literature quality metrics.