# Altmetric API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/altmetric-com/altmetric-com-api/  
**Provider:** Altmetric — https://apis.io/providers/altmetric-com/  
**Base URL:** https://www.altmetric.com  
**Documentation:** https://docs.altmetric.com/explorer-api/endpoints/journals

Altmetric API is one of 2 APIs that [Altmetric](https://apis.io/providers/altmetric-com/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 6 JSON Schemas.

Altmetric API as documented publicly: 7 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-11-01); not the provider's own document.

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/explorer/api/research_outputs/demographics` | The Demographics endpoint gives you access to aggregated location data from X tweet , Facebook fbwall , news msm , and policy policy mentions. |
| GET | `/explorer/api/research_outputs/journals` | The Journals endpoint gives you access to aggregated mentions data by journal. |
| GET | `/explorer/api/research_outputs/mentions` | The Mentions endpoint gives you access to all of the individual mentions of the research outputs from your search. |
| GET | `/v1/doi/10.1038/news.2011.490` | Counts - Altmetric Documentation |
| GET | `/v1/fetch/doi/10.1038/news.2011.490` | Fetch detailed Altmetric information about a particular article or dataset. |
| GET | `/{version}/fetch/{identifierType}/{id}` | Fetch detailed Altmetric information about a particular article or dataset. |
| GET | `/{version}/{identifierType}/{id}` | Counts - Altmetric Documentation |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/altmetric-com/openapi/_ae-authored/altmetric-com-openapi-generated.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/altmetric-com/json-schema/altmetric-com-get-version-identifiertype-id-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/altmetric-com/json-schema/altmetric-com-get-explorer-api-research-outputs-journals-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/altmetric-com/json-schema/altmetric-com-get-explorer-api-research-outputs-demographics-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/altmetric-com/json-schema/altmetric-com-get-v1-fetch-doi101038-news2011490-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/altmetric-com/json-schema/altmetric-com-get-version-fetch-identifiertype-id-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/altmetric-com/json-schema/altmetric-com-get-explorer-api-research-outputs-mentions-response-schema.json

## Other Altmetric APIs (1)

- [Altmetric API](https://apis.io/apis/altmetric-com/altmetric-api/)

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