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ArticleInteractive journal of medical research2024

Online Visibility and Scientific Relevance of Strabismus Research: Bibliometric Analysis.

Aleksander Stupnicki, Basil Suresh, Saurabh Jain

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Article in Interactive journal of medical research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Aleksander StupnickiUniversity College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4840-5413
Basil SureshUniversity College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2113-1790
Saurabh JainUniversity College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1157-5710

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundQuality and accuracy of online scientific data are crucial, given that the internet and social media serve nowadays as primary sources of medical knowledge.

objectiveThis study aims to analyze the relationship between scientific relevance and online visibility of strabismus research to answer the following questions: (1) Are the most popular strabismus papers scientifically relevant? (2) Are the most high-impact strabismus studies shared enough online?

methodsThe Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) was used as a proxy for online visibility, whereas citations and the journal's impact factor (IF) served as a metric for scientific relevance. Using "strabismus" as a keyword, 100 papers with the highest AAS and 100 papers with the highest number of citations were identified. Statistical analyses, including the Spearman rank test, linear regression, and factor analysis, were performed to assess the relationship between AAS, citations, a journal's IF, and mentions across 18 individual Web 2.0 platforms.

resultsA weak, positive, statistically significant correlation was observed between normalized AAS and normalized citations (P<.001; r=0.27) for papers with high visibility. Only Twitter mentions and Mendeley readers correlated significantly with normalized citations (P=.02 and P<.001, respectively) and IF (P=.04 and P=.009, respectively), with Twitter being the strongest significant predictor of citation numbers (r=0.53). For high-impact papers, no correlation was found between normalized citations and normalized AAS (P=.12) or the IF of the journal (P=.55).

conclusionsWhile clinical relevance influences online attention, most high-impact research related to strabismus is not sufficiently shared on the web. Therefore, researchers should make a greater effort to share high-impact papers related to strabismus on online media platforms to improve accessibility and quality of evidence-based knowledge for patients.

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accessibilityaccuracyaltmetricsbibliometric analysisevidence-based informationmedical knowledgemetriconline visibilityplatformresearchscientific relevancesocial mediasquintstrabismusstrabismus research

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PMID38865170
PMCPMC11208826

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