This document summarizes an experiment conducted by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of California, San Francisco to deliver trending publications to researchers via email. The CTSI pulled publication interests from researchers' profile pages and matched recent PubMed publications to their interests. The top 5 publications based on AltMetric scores were included in individualized emails sent to 50 researchers on a monthly basis. Based on the low 4% response rate to a follow-up survey, the CTSI concluded it was a qualified failure but learned targeted, higher-value information like funding opportunities may be better received, and presenting results directly in researcher profiles rather than via email could gain more traction. Next steps include adding a gadget to