Which orthodontic articles are accessed online the most? Exploring article usage metrics along with citations and altmetrics.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the current state of article usage metrics in orthodontics.

Materials and methods

Out of all orthodontic journals listed in Journal Citation Reports 2022, the European Journal of Orthodontics and The Angle Orthodontist fulfilled the inclusion criteria. All journal issues published in 2021 were scrutinized for original research articles and systematic reviews/meta-analyses, and the following features were collected: article type, subject, title, number of words and authors, Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), X (formerly Twitter) posts, and Mendeley reads. Article citations, number of publications, and h-index of the last authors were retrieved from Web of Science (WoS).

Results

181 articles were considered eligible. The median number of views an

SUBMITTER: Livas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662363 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature