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