Tarawneh Omar, Narayanan Rajkishen, Dalton Jonathan, Oris Robert J, Brush Parker, Opara Olivia, Trenchfield Delano, Lee Yunsoo, Vadhera Amar, Glover Abbey, Pineda Nathaniel, Jain Pranav, Kim Andrew, Kurd Mark F, Kaye Ian D, Canseco Jose A, Hilibrand Alan S, Vaccaro Alexander R, Kepler Christopher K, Schroeder Gregory D
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Clin Spine Surg. 2025 Aug 1;38(7):E412-E418. doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001751. Epub 2024 Dec 27.
Retrospective cohort.
To analyze the annual trends in the most prevalent topics, journals, and geographic regions of the top 100 spine surgery articles, as determined by altmetric attention scores (AASs). We also describe the relationship between AAS and traditional article metrics.
The rapid growth of social media has transformed how medical literature is disseminated and perceived, including within the field of spine surgery. AAS is a metric that characterizes an article's reach and impact in various online sources.
We reviewed the Altmetric database to identify the top 100 spine surgery articles by AAS from 2015 to 2020 across 8 leading spine journals. Article topics, geographic origins, and publishing journals were analyzed. Correlation analyses were performed between AAS and traditional metrics.
Five hundred forty-one studies met the inclusion criteria. The majority were published in Spine (34.4%), TheSpine Journal (25.7%), European Spine Journal (15.0%), and Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine (14.2%). North America and Europe were the predominant regions of origin. The most common topics were injections (12.2%), diagnostics (11.8%), and complications (11.3%). A weak correlation was found between AAS and traditional metrics such as impact factor (Pearson coefficient = 0.041), total citations (0.051), and citations per year (0.048).
Although AAS provides insights into the public and online engagement of articles, it shows only a weak correlation with traditional metrics. Therefore, AAS should be considered a complementary metric for gauging the impact of research. In the era of social media, authors should continue to promote their research to broaden readership, however further investigation into characterizing article impact is warranted.
回顾性队列研究。
分析根据替代计量关注度得分（AASs）确定的100篇顶级脊柱外科文章中最流行的主题、期刊和地理区域的年度趋势。我们还描述了AAS与传统文章指标之间的关系。
社交媒体的迅速发展改变了医学文献的传播和认知方式，包括在脊柱外科领域。AAS是一种衡量文章在各种在线来源中的影响力和传播范围的指标。
我们查阅了替代计量数据库，以确定2015年至2020年期间8种领先脊柱期刊中按AAS排名的100篇顶级脊柱外科文章。对文章主题、地理来源和发表期刊进行了分析。对AAS与传统指标进行了相关性分析。
541项研究符合纳入标准。大多数研究发表在《脊柱》（34.4%）、《脊柱杂志》（25.7%）、《欧洲脊柱杂志》（15.0%）和《神经外科杂志：脊柱》（14.2%）上。北美和欧洲是主要的来源地区。最常见的主题是注射（12.2%）、诊断（11.8%）和并发症（11.3%）。发现AAS与传统指标如影响因子（皮尔逊系数=0.041）、总被引次数（0.051）和每年被引次数（0.048）之间存在弱相关性。
尽管AAS能洞察文章在公众和网络中的参与度，但它与传统指标的相关性较弱。因此，AAS应被视为衡量研究影响力的补充指标。在社交媒体时代，作者应继续推广他们的研究以扩大读者群，然而有必要进一步研究文章影响力的特征。
