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ArticleFoot & ankle orthopaedics2024

Open Access Publication in Total Ankle Arthroplasty Literature Is Associated With Increased Social Media Attention, but Not Increased Citations.

Trayce Gray, Andrew B Harris, Rahi Patel, Julius Oni, Amiethab Aiyer

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Article in Foot & ankle orthopaedics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Equity in Orthopaedic Knowledge, Open-Access Trends Among the Top 1,000 Cited Articles in Orthopaedic Surgery.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Trayce GrayUniversity of Houston Tilman J Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6641-3083
Andrew B HarrisDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Rahi PatelUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Julius OniDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Amiethab AiyerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Open access (OA) publications are increasingly common in orthopaedic literature. However, whether OA publications are associated with increased readership or citations among total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) literature is unclear. We hypothesize that compared with non-OA status, OA status is associated with increased social media dissemination, and readership, but not with citation count. This study aimed to analyze social media attention, citations, readership, and cost of TAA OA and non-OA publications. Methods: Using a PubMed query search, there were 368 publications from 81 journals, with 25% (91/368) being OA articles and 75% (277/368) non-OA articles from 2016 to 2023. We analyzed the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), Mendeley readership score, and citations between OA vs non-OA articles. Citations and cost of OA articles were determined using an altered timeline and publisher's website, respectively. Subgroup analysis was performed among articles published in the top 5 TAA journals (Tables 2 and 3). Negative binomial regression was used while adjusting for days since publication. Significance was considered at Results: OA publication was associated with a larger mean AAS score (8.7 ± 37.0 vs 4.8 ± 26.3), Mendeley readership (42.4 ± 41.6 vs 34.9 ± 25.7), and Twitter mentions (4.6 ± 7.4 vs 3.3 ± 8.1), but not citations (19.7 ± 24.8 vs 20.3 ± 23.5) (Table 1). Conclusion: TAA OA publications and top 5 journals were associated with significantly increased social media attention but not Mendeley readership or citation counts.

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altmetriccitationopen accesssocial mediatotal ankle arthroplasty

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PMID38726322
PMCPMC11080731

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