Highest‐Ranking Articles by Altmetric Attention Scores in Three Rehabilitation Journals

Quantifying the dissemination of research in the PM&R journal via alternative metrics

“…Although traditional metrics such as citation count have long been considered the gold standard, the increased utilization of online media to disseminate research has led to the investigation of alternative forms of measurement. [3][4][5][6][7][8] The AAS is an assessment of the impact of research articles according to the amount of online attention garnered, whether it be through Facebook, Twitter, news articles, blogs, or other popular media sites. 8,9 There are several advantages that AASs provides over conventional bibliometrics.…”

“…Implementation science, defined as the distribution of evidence‐based research into policy and the public sphere, has had a profound impact on various fields of medicine, including physical medicine and rehabilitation 3–5 . Although traditional bibliometrics such as citation count remain the gold standard for analyzing article impact, the rise of social media as a medium for the dissemination of research has led to the exploration of alternative metric measurements 6–8 .…”

“…Implementation science, defined as the distribution of evidence-based research into policy and the public sphere, has had a profound impact on various fields of medicine, including physical medicine and rehabilitation. [3][4][5] Although traditional bibliometrics such as citation count remain the gold standard for analyzing article impact, the rise of social media as a medium for the dissemination of research has led to the exploration of alternative metric measurements. [6][7][8] One of these alternate metrics, the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), is defined as a weighted average of the number of online mentions on various media sites, such as news outlets and social network websites.…”