A comprehensive dataset of the Spanish research output and its associated social media and altmetric mentions (2016-2020)

Data on research publications authored by Spanish institutions between 2016 and 2020 with their associated social media and altmetric mentions, and on researchers affiliated to Spanish institutions whose work is highly mentioned in social media and non-academic outlets.

Variables of the publications dataset:

id - Unique publication identifier

title - Full title of the publication

year - Year of publication

type - Document type

journal - Name of the journal

esi - ESI category of the publication

influratio - AAS value on March 3, 2021

news - Number of mentions in news media

blogs - Number of mentions in blogs

policy - Number of mentions in policy reports

patent - Number of mentions in patent

twitter - Number of mentions in Twitter

post_peer - Number of mentions in PubPeer and Publons

weibo - Number of mentions in Weibo

facebook - Number of mentions in Facebook

wikipedia - Number of mentions in Wikipedia

google - Number of mentions in Google+

linkedin - Number of mentions in LinkedIn

reddit - Number of mentions in Reddit

pinterest - Number of mentions in Pinterest

f1000 - Number of mentions in F1000

stack_overflow - Number of mentions in Stack Overflow

youtube - Number of mentions in YouTube

syllabus - Number of mentions in Open Syllabus Project

Variables of the top authors dataset:

name - Full name of the researcher

orcid - ORCID record

organization - Name of the institution of affiliation

publications - List of publication identifiers (id) connecting with the publications dataset