Appreciation of literature by the anaesthetist: A comparison of citations, downloads and Altmetric Attention Score.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Different metrics exist to evaluate the impact of a paper. Traditionally, scientific citations are leading, but nowadays new, internet-based, metrics like downloads or Altmetric Attention Score receive increasing attention. We hypothesised a gap between these metrics, reflected by a divergence between scientific and clinical appreciation of anaesthesia literature.

Methods

We collected the top 100 most cited and the top 100 most downloaded articles in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (AAS) and Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A) published between 2014 and 2018. We analysed the relationship between the average number of citations per year, downloads per year and Altmetric Attention Score.

Results

For both AAS and A&A, a significant correlation between the 100 mos

SUBMITTER: Kampman JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317916 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature