Meta-Analysis of Correlations between Altmetric Attention Score and Citations in Health Sciences.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In recent years, several controversial reports of the correlation between altmetric score and citations have been published (range: -0.2 to 0.8). We conducted a meta-analysis to provide an in-depth statistical analysis of the correlation between altmetric score and number of citations in the field of health sciences.

Methods

Three online databases (Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed) were systematically searched, without language restrictions, from the earliest publication date available through February 29, 2020, using the keywords "altmetric," "citation," and "correlation." Grey literature was also searched via WorldCat, Open Grey, and Google Scholar (first 100 hits only). All studies in the field of health sciences that reported on this correlation were inclu

SUBMITTER: Kolahi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8046527 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature