ArticleJournal of pathology informatics2021
Examining the Relationship between Altmetric Score and Traditional Bibliometrics in the Pathology Literature.
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- Research Dissemination Strategies in Pediatric Emergency Care Using a Professional Twitter (X) Account: A Mixed Methods Developmental Study of a Logic Model Framework.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Correlation between Altmetric Attention Scores and citation scores across the high impact-factor journals each in Medicine, Surgery, and Anaesthesia.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Altmetric Analysis of Dermatology Manuscript Dissemination During the COVID-19 Era: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR dermatology · 2023Article
- Post or perish? Social media strategies for disseminating orthopedic research.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023Review
- Altmetric and Bibliographic Analysis of the Most Popular Articles on Vitreoretinal Surgery Between 2010 and 2020.Cureus · 2023Article
- Do open-access dermatology articles have higher citation counts than those with subscription-based access?PloS one · 2022Article
- From traditional Bibliometrics to Altmetrics: Socialising the research metrics.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecently, research data are increasingly shared through social media and other digital platforms. Traditionally, the influence of a scientific article has been assessed by the publishing journal's impact factor (IF) and its citation count. The Altmetric scoring system, a new bibliometric that integrates research "mentions" over digital media platforms, has emerged as a metric of online research distribution. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of the Altmetric Score with IF and citation number within the pathology literature.
methodsCitation count and Altmetric scores were obtained from the top 10 most-cited articles from the 15 pathology journals with the highest IF for 2013 and 2016. These variables were analyzed and correlated with each other, as well as the age of the publishing journal's Twitter account.
resultsThree hundred articles were examined from the two cohorts. The total citation count of the articles decreased from 21,043 (2013) to 14,679 (2016), while the total Altmetric score increased from 830 (2013) to 4066 (2016). In 2013, Altmetric score weakly correlated with citation number (
conclusionsIn the pathology literature studied, the Altmetric score correlates with article citation count, suggesting that the Altmetric score and conventional bibliometrics can be treated as complementary metrics. Given the trend towards increasing use of social media, additional investigation is warranted to evaluate the evolving role of social media metrics to assess the dissemination and impact of scientific findings in the field of pathology.
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