Bano Joseph M, Rate William R, Civilette Matthew D, Wyand Trevor J, Samuelson Eric R, Bodendorfer Blake M, Gould Heath P, Hembree Walter C
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Summa Health Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, Florida, USA.
Orthop J Sports Med. 2024 Mar 4;12(3):23259671241232711. doi: 10.1177/23259671241232711. eCollection 2024 Mar.
Achilles tendon injuries often generate substantial discussion in the mainstream media. The Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) measures the online dialogue pertaining to Achilles tendon research that occurs outside scientific journals, which traditional citation-based metrics fail to capture.
To characterize the top 100 most-cited Achilles tendon articles and compare them with the 100 Achilles tendon articles with the highest AAS. A secondary goal was to gain an improved understanding of the online dissemination and interpretation of Achilles tendon research through this comparison.
Cross-sectional study.
The Web of Science Clarivate database was queried to isolate the 100 most-cited Achilles tendon articles, and the Altmetric database was queried to identify the Achilles tendon articles with the top 100 AAS values. Data elements were extracted for each article including study type, study topic, and geographic origin.
The Web of Science Clarivate database search yielded 10,890 articles published between 1970 and 2021. The 100 most-cited articles were published in 35 journals, with the being the most prevalent. The mean (±SD) number of citations was 214.5 ± 86.47. The most prevalent study type was laboratory (28.0%). The most prevalent study topic was treatment (41.0%). Of these articles, 72.0% were European. The Altmetric database search yielded 3810 articles published between 1957 and 2021. The AAS of the top 100 articles ranged from 37 to 476 with a mean of 98.17 ± 85.53. The selected articles were published in 39 journals, with the being the most prevalent. The most prevalent study type was randomized controlled trial (25.0%). The most common study topic was treatment (40.0%). Of these articles, 46.0% were European.
Our findings suggest that, although the scientific community remains committed to high-impact journals with articles backed by high citation numbers, there is an increasing opportunity to consume Achilles tendon literature through social media.
跟腱损伤常常在主流媒体上引发大量讨论。替代计量关注度得分（AAS）衡量的是科学期刊之外有关跟腱研究的在线对话，而传统的基于引用的计量方法无法捕捉到这些信息。
对被引用次数最多的100篇跟腱相关文章进行特征描述，并将它们与AAS得分最高的100篇跟腱相关文章进行比较。第二个目标是通过这种比较更好地理解跟腱研究在网络上的传播和解读情况。
横断面研究。
查询科睿唯安的Web of Science数据库以筛选出被引用次数最多的100篇跟腱相关文章，并查询替代计量数据库以确定AAS得分最高的100篇跟腱相关文章。提取每篇文章的数据元素，包括研究类型、研究主题和地理来源。
科睿唯安的Web of Science数据库搜索出1970年至2021年发表的10890篇文章。被引用次数最多的100篇文章发表在35种期刊上，其中 最为常见。平均（±标准差）引用次数为214.5±86.47。最常见的研究类型是实验室研究（28.0%）。最常见的研究主题是治疗（41.0%）。这些文章中，72.0%来自欧洲。替代计量数据库搜索出1957年至2021年发表的3810篇文章。排名前100的文章的AAS范围为37至476，平均为98.17±85.53。所选文章发表在39种期刊上，其中 最为常见。最常见的研究类型是随机对照试验（25.0%）。最常见的研究主题是治疗（40.0%）。这些文章中，46.0%来自欧洲。
我们的研究结果表明，尽管科学界仍然致力于发表在具有高引用次数文章的高影响力期刊上，但通过社交媒体获取跟腱文献的机会越来越多。
