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"Altmetrics" is a general term for non-traditional metrics related to scholarly works.  See See Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altmetrics

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VIVO uses APIs provided by Altmetric to provide altmetrics on scholarly works.  Altmetrics Altmetrics makes its service available without fee or license restriction.

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Scholarly works identified by DOI, PubMed ID, or ISBN have altmetric "badges" associated with them.  These These badges are links to altmetrics information provided by Altmetrics.

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Clicking on a badge takes you to the Altmetrics web site page for the scholarly work.  For For example:

Configuration

Six configuration parameters regulate how VIVO uses and displays altmetrics.  See See Configuration Reference