diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13b1f717ccae..370f759498c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ There are several custom bibtex keywords that you can use to affect how the entr
 - `poster`: Adds a "Poster" button redirecting to a specified file (if a full link is not specified, the file will be assumed to be placed in the /assets/pdf/ directory)
 - `slides`: Adds a "Slides" button redirecting to a specified file (if a full link is not specified, the file will be assumed to be placed in the /assets/pdf/ directory)
 - `website`: Adds a "Website" button redirecting to the specified link
+- `altmetric`: Adds an [Altmetric](https://www.altmetric.com/) badge (Note: only add the altmetric identifier here - the link is generated automatically)
 
 You can implement your own buttons by editing the bib.html file.
 
diff --git a/_bibliography/papers.bib b/_bibliography/papers.bib
index 1c707bc58613..01c52133c47a 100644
--- a/_bibliography/papers.bib
+++ b/_bibliography/papers.bib
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ @article{PhysRev.47.777
   url={http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRev.47.777},
   html={https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.47.777},
   pdf={example_pdf.pdf},
+  altmetric={248277},
   selected={true}
 }
 
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 2c4bf10417cd..19798897d835 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ scholar:
   query: "@*"
 
 # Filter out certain bibtex entry keywords used internally from the bib output
-filtered_bibtex_keywords: [abbr, abstract, arxiv, bibtex_show, html, pdf, selected, supp, blog, code, poster, slides, website, preview]
+filtered_bibtex_keywords: [abbr, abstract, arxiv, bibtex_show, html, pdf, selected, supp, blog, code, poster, slides, website, preview, altmetric]
 
 # Maximum number of authors to be shown for each publication (more authors are visible on click)
 max_author_limit: 3  # leave blank to always show all authors
diff --git a/_layouts/bib.html b/_layouts/bib.html
index eb6520a2ea54..61da4b6a66ff 100644
--- a/_layouts/bib.html
+++ b/_layouts/bib.html
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@
           {%- if entry.website %}
             <a href="{{ entry.website }}" class="btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">Website</a>
           {%- endif %}
+          {%- if entry.altmetric %}
+            <script type="text/javascript" src="https://d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net/assets/embed.js"></script><div data-altmetric-id="{{ entry.altmetric }}" class="altmetric-embed" data-hide-no-mentions="true" data-hide-less-than="15" data-badge-popover="right" data-badge-type="2" style="display:inline"></div>
+          {%- endif %}
           </div>
 
           {% if entry.abstract -%}