The Altmetric Score Has a Stronger Relationship With Article Citations Than Journal Impact Factor and Open Access Status: A Cross-sectional Analysis of 4022 Sport Sciences Articles

Silva, Danilo de Oliveira; Taborda, Bianca; Pazzinatto, Marcella Ferraz; Ardern, Clare L.; Barton, Cole

doi:10.2519/jospt.2021.10598

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“…Prior literature on the impact of open access status has been conflicting. For example, Silva et al identified a weakly positive association among sports medicine articles [ 5 ], but an inverse relationship has also been identified in other fields [ 19 ]. Overall, a weak effect of open access status and citations may be due to the prevalence of institutional availability of non-open-source articles.…”

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“…Within the field of orthopaedic surgery, the "#OrthoTwitter" community on the Twitter platform has evolved as a forum to disseminate findings, exchange ideas, and connect with both the public and other practitioners [2][3][4]. It has been suggested that Twitter activity at the time of publication is associated with academic citation counts after several years [1,5,6]. However, the academic impact of social media utilization, particularly by authors, remains uncertain in the orthopaedic surgery community.…”

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“…Orthopaedic surgery is also comprised of multiple diverse subspecialties - each with its own subset of journals and communities - which may influence the relationship between Twitter utilization and citations. While citation counts and online mentions have previously been reported for hand surgery [ 6 ] and sports medicine [ 5 ], cross-subspecialty comparative analyses are limited. It remains to be known how the relationship between online utilization and citations may vary among orthopaedic subspecialties.…”

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#OrthoTwitter: Relationship Between Author Twitter Utilization and Academic Impact in Orthopaedic Surgery

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Allahabadi²,

Cevallos³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Background#OrthoTwitter has evolved to disseminate findings and engage the public. However, the academic impact of Twitter utilization in orthopaedic surgery is unknown. Questions/purposesThe purpose of the study was to evaluate relationships between the author and manuscript Twitter activity and citations. MethodsManuscripts in 17 orthopaedic journals from 2018 were identified. Citations, online mentions, impact factors, and subspecialties were obtained. H-index and Twitter account details for authors were obtained for a subset of manuscripts. Relationships between Twitter activity and citations were evaluated. Results2,473/4,224 (58.5%) manuscripts were mentioned on Twitter (n=29,958 mentions), with Twitter manuscripts cited more frequently (median 10 vs. 7, p<0.0001). Twitter mentions, impact factors, non-open-access status, and subspecialties were associated with citation counts. Articles mentioned in 10, 100, and 1,000 Tweets were observed to have a 1.1-fold, 1.7-fold, and 245-fold increase in citations. In author-level analyses, 156 (20.0%) first and 216 (27.7%) senior authors had Twitter accounts. Citation count was associated with increasing senior author H-index (β est =0.13, p<0.05), Twitter mentions (β est =0.0043, p<0.0001), impact factors (β est =0.13, p<0.0001), and having a first (β est =0.20, p<0.05) or senior author (β est =0.17, p<0.05) on Twitter. Articles published in arthroplasty (β est =0.49, p<0.05), general interest (β est =0.55, p<0.01), sports (β est =0.63, p<0.01), and non-open access journals ( β est =0.41, p<0.001) were cited more. H-index correlated with followers for first (rho=0.31, p<0.0001) and senior authors (rho=0.44, p<0.0001). ConclusionAuthor Twitter utilization is independently associated with manuscript citations. Authors should be aware of the potential association between social media utilization and traditional academic impact. Understanding the relationship between social media utilization and academic impact is necessary to effectively disseminate research.

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Cureus

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“…We will disseminate the findings in peer-reviewed journals and social media 101. We expect to publish several articles based on data collected at the baseline and follow-up.…”

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Trajectory of knee health in runners with and without heightened osteoarthritis risk: the TRAIL prospective cohort study protocol

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IntroductionRunning is one of the most popular recreational activities worldwide, due to its low cost and accessibility. However, little is known about the impact of running on knee joint health in runners with and without a history of knee surgery. The primary aim of this longitudinal cohort study is to compare knee joint structural features on MRI and knee symptoms at baseline and 4-year follow-up in runners with and without a history of knee surgery. Secondary aims are to explore the relationships between training load exposures (volume and/or intensity) and changes in knee joint structure and symptoms over 4 years; explore the relationship between baseline running biomechanics, and changes in knee joint structure and symptoms over 4 years. In addition, we will explore whether additional variables confound, modify or mediate these associations, including sex, baseline lower-limb functional performance, knee muscle strength, psychological and sociodemographic factors.Methods and analysisA convenience sample of at least 200 runners (sex/gender balanced) with (n=100) and without (n=100) a history of knee surgery will be recruited. Primary outcomes will be knee joint health (MRI) and knee symptoms (baseline; 4 years). Exposure variables for secondary outcomes include training load exposure, obtained daily throughout the study from wearable devices and three-dimensional running biomechanics (baseline). Additional variables include lower limb functional performance, knee extensor and flexor muscle strength, biomarkers, psychological and sociodemographic factors (baseline). Knowledge and beliefs about osteoarthritis will be obtained through predefined questions and semi-structured interviews with a subset of participants. Multivariable logistic and linear regression models, adjusting for potential confounding factors, will explore changes in knee joint structural features and symptoms, and the influence of potential modifiers and mediators.Ethics and disseminationApproved by the La Trobe University Ethics Committee (HEC-19524). Findings will be disseminated to stakeholders, peer-review journals and conferences.

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“…Scarlat et al 23 mentioned that high-volume publications also have a high-volume social media impact. Silva et al 24 reported that the AAS exerted a stronger relationship with the number of citations than the journal impact factor and open access status in sports sciences journals. Hughes et al 15 demonstrated that journals with higher numbers of retweets had higher AAS and were positively associated with impact factor.…”

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Relationship of Altmetric Attention Score, Twitter Performance, and Dimensions Badge Value With Traditional Metrics in Top-Cited Anterior Cruciate Ligament Research Studies

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Bohu

Hardy

et al. 2023

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

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Background: Alternative citation metrics—such as the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), number of tweets (TN), and dimensions badge value (DBV)—are emerging as new options for assessing the value of scientific works. Purpose: To analyze the AAS of highly cited articles on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and to assess the relationship between alternative and traditional metrics such as journal rankings and article citation performance. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A search was conducted using the Web of Science Core Collection of databases with “anterior cruciate ligament” as the search term. Full-text articles published between 2011 and 2021 were reviewed, and the top 100 cited articles were determined. The articles were analyzed by publication year, study design, research topic, journal impact factor, journal h-index, number of total citations (TC), recent citations (RC) (ie, citations in the latest 2 years), and average citation per year (ACY), as well as AAS, TN, and DBV. Results: For articles in the top 100 list, the median TC was 160 (interquartile range [IQR], 117-561) and the median AAS was 24.50 (IQR, 1-730). A higher AAS score was achieved by articles on return to sports and anterolateral ligament ( P < .05). The AAS and TN were significantly and positively correlated with the RC ( r = 0.459 and P = .001; r = 0.438 and P = .001, respectively) and ACY ( r = 0.363 and P = .001; r = 0.393 and P = .001, respectively). Conclusion: Alternative metrics were linked to traditional metrics but were not a direct representation of bibliometrics. The AAS was not correlated with TC numbers in the ACL research. Higher AAS and Twitter popularity of an article were related to receiving high-volume RC performance. The DBV represented a stronger correlation with traditional metrics than the AAS.

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The Altmetric Score Has a Stronger Relationship With Article Citations Than Journal Impact Factor and Open Access Status: A Cross-sectional Analysis of 4022 Sport Sciences Articles

Cited by 25 publications

References 30 publications

#OrthoTwitter: Relationship Between Author Twitter Utilization and Academic Impact in Orthopaedic Surgery

#OrthoTwitter: Relationship Between Author Twitter Utilization and Academic Impact in Orthopaedic Surgery

Trajectory of knee health in runners with and without heightened osteoarthritis risk: the TRAIL prospective cohort study protocol

Relationship of Altmetric Attention Score, Twitter Performance, and Dimensions Badge Value With Traditional Metrics in Top-Cited Anterior Cruciate Ligament Research Studies

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