School of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Duke University Medical Center Library and Archives, Durham, North Carolina.
J Adv Nurs. 2019 Jul;75(7):1394-1405. doi: 10.1111/jan.13921. Epub 2019 Jan 24.
The objectives of this study were to (a) identify nursing journal articles that provoked the most online activity and discussion and (b) assess the association between these articles' altmetric scores and publication characteristics, citation counts; and publishing journals metrics.
Altmetrics, or alternative metrics, have recently emerged as a complementary way of measuring the societal impact of research by assessing the public engagement with research output. To date, no studies have yet investigated the online attention about scientific papers published in the nursing field.
Integration of quantitative and qualitative synthesized evidence.
InCites Journal Citation Report was used to identify a list of nursing journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. Altmetric Explorer was selected as an altmetrics harvesting tool. The search in Altmetric Explorer yielded 66,608 research outputs from 118 nursing journals. The articles with the top 100 altmetric attention score (AAS) were identified and a new search, limited to only those 100 articles, was run to produce aggregate metrics specific to those articles. The articles were also exported for thematic analysis.
The median AAS for the 100 articles was 248, ranging from 138 - 649. The articles were mostly discussed on Twitter, followed by news outlets and Mendeley. Articles indexed in the nursing journals category attracted low online attention compared with articles published in other health journal categories. Twitter remained the dominant source of attention over the years 2012-2018, followed distantly by news outlets. Most online attention came from the USA and the UK. Of the top 100 articles included in the study, the Journal of Advanced Nursing published the highest number of articles (N = 26; Median AAS = 179). The AAS was not significantly different between articles published in Q1 journals and those published in Q2 and Q3 journals. There was a significant relationship between articles' AASs and their citation counts on Scopus and Web of Science. Publication date was significantly related to citation counts on Scopus and Web of Science but not with AASs.
Altmetrics will likely continue to evolve alongside the rapidly expanding use of social media and online platforms. As nursing continues to strive to have our research and scholarship inform policy, translated into practice and recognized for its scientific merit, we have to remain vigilant about the best ways to disseminate the important work we are doing. Research, such as this study, will allow nursing scholars to benchmark our progress as we adapt to the changing environment for measuring impact and quality in the digital age.
本研究的目的是(a) 确定引起最多在线活动和讨论的护理期刊文章；(b) 评估这些文章的替代计量分数与出版特征、引文计数以及出版期刊指标之间的关联。
替代计量学（altmetrics）或替代计量指标最近作为一种衡量研究的社会影响的补充方法出现，通过评估研究成果与公众的互动来衡量。迄今为止，尚无研究调查过发表在护理领域的科学论文在网上受到的关注。
定量和定性综合证据的整合。
使用 InCites Journal Citation Report 确定了一份列入 Web of Science 核心合集的护理期刊列表。选择 Altmetric Explorer 作为替代计量学的采集工具。在 Altmetric Explorer 中的搜索产生了来自 118 种护理期刊的 66608 项研究成果。确定了前 100 项替代计量关注度得分（AAS）最高的文章，并对仅包含这 100 篇文章的新搜索进行了运行，以产生针对这些文章的综合指标。还将文章导出进行主题分析。
100 篇文章的中位数 AAS 为 248，范围为 138-649。这些文章主要在 Twitter 上讨论，其次是新闻媒体和 Mendeley。与其他健康期刊类别相比，列入护理期刊类别的文章受到的在线关注度较低。Twitter 多年来一直是关注度的主要来源，其次是新闻媒体。大多数在线关注度来自美国和英国。在所研究的前 100 篇文章中，《高级护理杂志》发表的文章最多（N=26；中位数 AAS=179）。发表在 Q1 期刊上的文章的 AAS 与发表在 Q2 和 Q3 期刊上的文章的 AAS 没有显著差异。文章的 AAS 与 Scopus 和 Web of Science 上的引文计数之间存在显著关系。文章的发表日期与 Scopus 和 Web of Science 上的引文计数显著相关，但与 AAS 不相关。
随着社交媒体和在线平台的迅速普及，替代计量学可能会继续发展。随着护理继续努力使我们的研究和学术成果为政策提供信息、转化为实践并因其科学价值而得到认可，我们必须警惕传播我们正在进行的重要工作的最佳方式。这样的研究，如本研究，可以让护理学者在我们适应数字时代衡量影响和质量的变化环境时，对我们的进展进行基准测试。
