Table 1. Altmetric Attention Score Calculation.
| Social media outlet | Weight |
|---|---|
| News | 8.0 |
| Blog | 5.0 |
| Policy document | 3.0 |
| Patent | 3.0 |
| Wikipedia | 3.0 |
| X (Twitter) | 1.0 |
| Peer review (Publon, PubPeer) | 1.0 |
| Google+* | 1.0 |
| F1000 | 1.0 |
| Weibo† | 1.0 |
| Syllabi (Open Syllabus) | 1.0 |
| 0.5 | |
| 0.25 | |
| 0.25 | |
| YouTube | 0.25 |
| 0.25 | |
| Q&A (Stack Overflow) | 0.25 |
| Mendeley readers | 0 (Tracked but not considered in calculation) |
*Not trackable since 2019, but historical data kept. The total score is calculated as a function of the social media weights listed in the table. †Not trackable since 2015, but historical data kept.