Social media attention and citations of published outputs from re-use of clinical trial data: a matched comparison with articles published in the same journals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data-sharing policies in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) should have an evaluation component. The main objective of this case-control study was to assess the impact of published re-uses of RCT data in terms of media attention (Altmetric) and citation rates.

Methods

Re-uses of RCT data published up to December 2019 (cases) were searched for by two reviewers on 3 repositories (CSDR, YODA project, and Vivli) and matched to control papers published in the same journal. The Altmetric Attention Score (primary outcome), components of this score (e.g. mention of policy sources, media attention) and the total number of citations were compared between these two groups.

Results

89 re-uses were identified: 48 (53.9%) secondary analyses, 34 (38.2%) meta-analyses, 4 (4

SUBMITTER: Anthony N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182934 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature