Meta-Analysis of Correlations between Altmetric Attention Score and Citations in Health Sciences.
Journal
BioMed research international
ISSN: 2314-6141
Titre abrégé: Biomed Res Int
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101600173
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
14
10
2020
revised:
29
01
2021
accepted:
11
02
2021
entrez:
21
4
2021
pubmed:
22
4
2021
medline:
28
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In recent years, several controversial reports of the correlation between altmetric score and citations have been published (range: -0.2 to 0.8). We conducted a meta-analysis to provide an in-depth statistical analysis of the correlation between altmetric score and number of citations in the field of health sciences. Three online databases (Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed) were systematically searched, without language restrictions, from the earliest publication date available through February 29, 2020, using the keywords "altmetric," "citation," and "correlation." Grey literature was also searched via WorldCat, Open Grey, and Google Scholar (first 100 hits only). All studies in the field of health sciences that reported on this correlation were included. Effect sizes were calculated using Fisher's From 27 included articles, 8 articles comprise several independent studies. The total sample size was 9,943 articles comprised of 35 studies. The overall pooled effect size was 0.19 (95% confidence interval 0.13 to 0.26). Bivariate partial prediction of interaction between effect size, citation source, and sampling method showed a greater effect size with Web of Science compared with Scopus and Dimensions. Egger's regression showed a marginally nonsignificant publication bias ( In health sciences, currently altmetric score has a positive but weak correlation with number of citations (pooled correlation = 0.19, 95% C.I 0.12 to 0.25). We emphasize on future examinations to assess changes of correlation pattern between altmetric score and citations over time.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33880377
doi: 10.1155/2021/6680764
pmc: PMC8046527
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
6680764Subventions
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001860
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Jafar Kolahi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have stated that there are no conflicts of interest in connection with this article.
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