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SynthesisPloS one2018

The differential impact of scientific quality, bibliometric factors, and social media activity on the influence of systematic reviews and meta-analyses about psoriasis.

Juan Ruano, Macarena Aguilar-Luque, Francisco Gómez-Garcia, Patricia Alcalde Mellado, Jesus Gay-Mimbrera, Pedro J Carmona-Fernandez, Beatriz Maestre-López, Juan Luís Sanz-Cabanillas, José Luís Hernández Romero, Marcelino González-Padilla and 2 more

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Synthesis in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Juan RuanoDepartment of Dermatology, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Menéndez Pidal Ave, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0286-4107
Macarena Aguilar-LuqueInstituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Reina Sofía University Hospital/University of Córdoba, Menendez Pidal Ave, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
Francisco Gómez-GarciaDepartment of Dermatology, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Menéndez Pidal Ave, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Patricia Alcalde MelladoInstituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Reina Sofía University Hospital/University of Córdoba, Menendez Pidal Ave, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
Jesus Gay-MimbreraInstituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Reina Sofía University Hospital/University of Córdoba, Menendez Pidal Ave, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
Pedro J Carmona-FernandezDepartment of Dermatology, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Menéndez Pidal Ave, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Beatriz Maestre-LópezInstituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Reina Sofía University Hospital/University of Córdoba, Menendez Pidal Ave, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
Juan Luís Sanz-CabanillasDepartment of Dermatology, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Menéndez Pidal Ave, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
José Luís Hernández RomeroDepartment of Dermatology, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Menéndez Pidal Ave, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Marcelino González-PadillaDepartment of Dermatology, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Menéndez Pidal Ave, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Antonio Vélez García-NietoDepartment of Dermatology, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Menéndez Pidal Ave, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Beatriz Isla-TejeraInstituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Reina Sofía University Hospital/University of Córdoba, Menendez Pidal Ave, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Researchers are increasingly using on line social networks to promote their work. Some authors have suggested that measuring social media activity can predict the impact of a primary study (i.e., whether or not an article will be highly cited). However, the influence of variables such as scientific quality, research disclosures, and journal characteristics on systematic reviews and meta-analyses has not yet been assessed. The present study aims to describe the effect of complex interactions between bibliometric factors and social media activity on the impact of systematic reviews and meta-analyses about psoriasis (PROSPERO 2016: CRD42016053181). Methodological quality was assessed using the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) tool. Altmetrics, which consider Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ mention counts as well as Mendeley and SCOPUS readers, and corresponding article citation counts from Google Scholar were obtained for each article. Metadata and journal-related bibliometric indices were also obtained. One-hundred and sixty-four reviews with available altmetrics information were included in the final multifactorial analysis, which showed that social media and impact factor have less effect than Mendeley and SCOPUS readers on the number of cites that appear in Google Scholar. Although a journal's impact factor predicted the number of tweets (OR, 1.202; 95% CI, 1.087-1.049), the years of publication and the number of Mendeley readers predicted the number of citations in Google Scholar (OR, 1.033; 95% CI, 1.018-1.329). Finally, methodological quality was related neither with bibliometric influence nor social media activity for systematic reviews. In conclusion, there seems to be a lack of connectivity between scientific quality, social media activity, and article usage, thus predicting scientific success based on these variables may be inappropriate in the particular case of systematic reviews.

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BibliometricsPsoriasisSocial MediaHumans

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PMID29377889
PMCPMC5788350

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