University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Spine J. 2021 Apr;21(4):548-554. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.11.001. Epub 2020 Nov 13.
Impact factor, citation rate, and other traditional measures of scholarly impact do not account for the role that social media has in the dissemination of research. The Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) quantifies the active online presence of individual articles on various platforms (eg, Twitter, Facebook).
We sought to better understand the factors associated with greater online attention and AAS in seven spine journals.
STUDY DESIGN/SETTING: Cross-sectional study.
No patients were included in this study. We analyzed 380 articles in seven major spine journals.
Extracted manuscript characteristics included AAS; number of Twitter, Facebook, and news outlet mentions; number of citations, references, academic institutions, and authors; and sample size, geographic region, subject of study, and level of evidence.
All original scientific manuscripts published in the official January, February, and March 2017 issues of Spine, The Spine Journal, Spine Deformity, Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine, Clinical Spine Surgery, Global Spine Journal, and European Spine Journal were identified. The correlation of AAS and number of citations was determined by Spearman's Rho (ρ) correlation coefficient. Manuscript factors associated with AAS were determined by a multivariable linear regression analysis.
A total of 380 manuscripts were included in the analysis. The average AAS across all seven journals was 4.9 (SD: 19.4; Range: 0-356), with the highest average AAS reported for The Spine Journal at 8.0 (SD: 13; Range: 0-60). There was a weak, positive correlation between AAS and number of citations (ρ = .32; p < .05); this relationship was individually present for four out of the seven included journals. In addition, number of references was associated with higher average manuscript AAS (β: 0.16 [95% CI: 0.002-0.32]; p < .05). No manuscript characteristics were associated with lower AAS.
Our analysis of seven spine journals revealed a weak, positive correlation between AAS and number of citations. Number of references was associated with higher AAS. We believe these findings may be useful to authors seeking ways to maximize the impact of their research.
影响因子、引文率和其他传统的学术影响力衡量标准都没有考虑到社交媒体在研究传播中的作用。Altmetric 关注度得分（AAS）量化了各个平台（例如 Twitter、Facebook）上文章的活跃在线状态。
我们旨在更好地了解七个脊柱期刊中与更高在线关注度和 AAS 相关的因素。
研究设计/设置：横断面研究。
本研究未纳入患者。我们分析了七个主要脊柱期刊中的 380 篇文章。
提取的手稿特征包括 AAS；Twitter、Facebook 和新闻媒体提及的次数；引用次数、参考文献数量、学术机构和作者数量；以及样本量、地理区域、研究主题和证据水平。
确定了 2017 年 1 月、2 月和 3 月官方期刊《脊柱》、《脊柱杂志》、《脊柱畸形》、《神经外科杂志-脊柱》、《临床脊柱外科》、《全球脊柱杂志》和《欧洲脊柱杂志》上发表的所有原始科学手稿。通过 Spearman 的 Rho（ρ）相关系数确定 AAS 和引用次数的相关性。通过多变量线性回归分析确定与 AAS 相关的手稿因素。
共纳入 380 篇手稿进行分析。所有七个期刊的平均 AAS 为 4.9（标准差：19.4；范围：0-356），其中《脊柱杂志》的平均 AAS 最高，为 8.0（标准差：13；范围：0-60）。AAS 与引用次数之间存在微弱的正相关关系（ρ=.32；p <.05）；这种关系在七个纳入的期刊中有四个单独存在。此外，参考文献数量与较高的平均手稿 AAS 相关（β：0.16[95%CI：0.002-0.32]；p <.05）。没有手稿特征与较低的 AAS 相关。
我们对七个脊柱期刊的分析显示，AAS 和引用次数之间存在微弱的正相关关系。参考文献数量与较高的 AAS 相关。我们认为这些发现可能对寻求最大限度地提高研究影响力的作者有用。
