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Assessing Factors Associated With Altmetric Attention Score: A Preliminary Study of 3 Hand Surgery Journals.

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Bernstein, DN; Richardson, MA; Hammert, WC
Published in: Hand (N Y)
November 2022

BACKGROUND: Traditional measures of evaluating scholarly output do not capture the impact social media can provide in disseminating and promoting research. We sought to better understand the level of online attention that high-quality hand research received. METHODS: Scientific manuscripts published from 2017 in Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume) (JHS-A), Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) (JHS-E), and HAND were recorded. Manuscript characteristics were determined, including the number of citations. Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), a measure of a manuscript's online attention and impact, was determined, as well as Twitter mentions, Facebook mentions, and news outlet mentions. Spearman rho (ρ) correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the relationship between the number of citations and AAS. Multivariable linear regression analysis was performed to determine which manuscript factors were associated with AAS. RESULTS: A total of 323 manuscripts were identified. There was a weak positive correlation between the number of citations and AAS; however, this relationship did not exist for each individual journal. Publication in HAND and JHS-E were associated with lower average manuscript AAS when using JHS-A as the reference group. Two additional factors were also associated with increased manuscript AAS: (1) being a clinical study focused on a specific upper extremity anatomical location; and (2) increasing number of institutions on a study. CONCLUSIONS: Publication in HAND and JHS-E were associated with lower manuscript AAS when using JHS-A as the reference group, suggesting that HAND and JHS-E have room for improvement in using social media to share their high-quality hand surgery scientific articles.

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Hand (N Y)

DOI

EISSN

1558-9455

Publication Date

November 2022

Volume

17

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1242 / 1249

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Media
  • Periodicals as Topic
  • Orthopedics
  • Journal Impact Factor
  • Humans
  • Hand
  • Bibliometrics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Bernstein, D. N., Richardson, M. A., & Hammert, W. C. (2022). Assessing Factors Associated With Altmetric Attention Score: A Preliminary Study of 3 Hand Surgery Journals. Hand (N Y), 17(6), 1242–1249. https://doi.org/10.1177/15589447211017220
Bernstein, David N., Michelle A. Richardson, and Warren C. Hammert. “Assessing Factors Associated With Altmetric Attention Score: A Preliminary Study of 3 Hand Surgery Journals.Hand (N Y) 17, no. 6 (November 2022): 1242–49. https://doi.org/10.1177/15589447211017220.
Bernstein DN, Richardson MA, Hammert WC. Assessing Factors Associated With Altmetric Attention Score: A Preliminary Study of 3 Hand Surgery Journals. Hand (N Y). 2022 Nov;17(6):1242–9.
Bernstein, David N., et al. “Assessing Factors Associated With Altmetric Attention Score: A Preliminary Study of 3 Hand Surgery Journals.Hand (N Y), vol. 17, no. 6, Nov. 2022, pp. 1242–49. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/15589447211017220.
Bernstein DN, Richardson MA, Hammert WC. Assessing Factors Associated With Altmetric Attention Score: A Preliminary Study of 3 Hand Surgery Journals. Hand (N Y). 2022 Nov;17(6):1242–1249.
Journal cover image

Published In

Hand (N Y)

DOI

EISSN

1558-9455

Publication Date

November 2022

Volume

17

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1242 / 1249

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Media
  • Periodicals as Topic
  • Orthopedics
  • Journal Impact Factor
  • Humans
  • Hand
  • Bibliometrics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences