The Altmetric era in eating disorder research: Assessing the association between Altmetric scores and citation scores for articles in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
Altmetric
citation score
eating disorders
research dissemination
Journal
The International journal of eating disorders
ISSN: 1098-108X
Titre abrégé: Int J Eat Disord
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8111226
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2020
12 2020
Historique:
received:
21
08
2020
revised:
20
10
2020
accepted:
03
11
2020
pubmed:
20
11
2020
medline:
22
5
2021
entrez:
19
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The dissemination and uptake of scientific findings is of critical importance. While broader research suggests that an article's Altmetric score may predict subsequent citation scores for scientific manuscripts, the potential relationship between online dissemination and the broader scientific uptake of findings has not been explored in eating disorder research. We identified 310 manuscripts published between 2017 and 2018 in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, and assessed (a) Altmetric scores, (b) the composition of Altmetric scores (i.e., Facebook posts, Twitter posts), and (c) overall citation scores. Higher Altmetric scores were associated with higher citation scores. Multivariate analysis of separate Altmetric components indicated a higher number of Facebook mentions was uniquely associated with higher citation scores. Altmetric scores may offer a viable and relatively rapid metric of the likely uptake and impact of manuscripts. Ultimately, these findings represent preliminary evidence of the benefits of widespread dissemination of eating disorder research beyond traditional academic methods. Future research should focus on expanding our preliminary findings to include a larger examination of articles to show evidence for or against the relationship between higher Altmetric scores and higher citation scores.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2073-2078Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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