*University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
†Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine, Miami, FL.
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2024 Jan-Feb;114(1). doi: 10.7547/21-006.
As the dissemination of scientific knowledge pervades social media, appraising impact with traditional bibliometrics led to the creation of alternative metrics, termed altmetrics. Lacking existent foot and ankle surgery literature altmetric analysis, we analyzed the 10 most-cited articles in the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (JAPMA) and The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery (JFAS) in 2013 and 2017.
Citation count, Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), Mendeley Reads, and professional society-affiliated Twitter ages were collected and analyzed with descriptive statistics. Pearson correlation coefficient identified relationships between traditional and nontraditional metrics.
The 40 articles showed a high median and large range in total citations for JAPMA (13.5 [range, 5-27]) and JFAS (28 [range, 5-69]). Media AAS Mendeley Reads also showed a high median with wide range for both JAPMA (32.5 [range, 0-135]) and JFAS (25 [range, 0-113)]. No significant correlation between total citations and AAS was seen in 2013 (r = -0.205; P = .388) or 2017 (r = -0.029; P = .903). The correlation between total citation count and Mendeley reads was significant in 2017 (r = 0.646; P = .002) but not in 2013 (r = -0.078; P = .744). Although cumulative AAS increased from 2013 to 2017 by 68.75%, with Twitter contributing most to both periods, there existed no significant correlation with Twitter age and the correlation coefficient between AAS and total citations (r = 0.655; P = .173).
The results of this investigation show the utility and predictivity of alternative metrics in complementing traditional bibliometrics and encourage the promotion of publications through journal-specific social media.
随着科学知识的传播渗透到社交媒体中，用传统的文献计量学来评估其影响力导致了替代计量学的产生，即 altmetrics。由于缺乏现有的足踝外科文献的 altmetrics 分析，我们对 2013 年和 2017 年《美国足病医学协会杂志》（JAPMA）和《足踝外科杂志》（JFAS）中最常被引用的 10 篇文章进行了分析。
收集并分析了引文计数、Altmetric 关注得分（AAS）、Mendeley 阅读量和与专业学会相关的 Twitter 年龄等描述性统计数据。Pearson 相关系数确定了传统和非传统指标之间的关系。
这 40 篇文章的 JAPMA（13.5[范围，5-27]）和 JFAS（28[范围，5-69]）总引文中位数和范围都很高。媒体 AAS Mendeley 阅读量在 JAPMA（32.5[范围，0-135]）和 JFAS（25[范围，0-113]）中也表现出中位数高、范围宽的特点。2013 年（r =-0.205；P =.388）和 2017 年（r =-0.029；P =.903），总引文与 AAS 之间没有显著相关性。2017 年，总引文计数与 Mendeley 阅读量的相关性具有统计学意义（r = 0.646；P =.002），但 2013 年没有（r =-0.078；P =.744）。虽然 2013 年至 2017 年期间，AAS 的累积值增加了 68.75%，其中 Twitter 对两个时期的贡献最大，但它与 Twitter 年龄以及 AAS 与总引文之间的相关性系数（r = 0.655；P =.173）没有显著相关性。
本研究结果表明，替代计量学在补充传统文献计量学方面具有实用性和预测性，并鼓励通过特定期刊的社交媒体来推广出版物。
