Ann Rehabil Med.  2020 Apr;44(2):158-164. 10.5535/arm.2020.44.2.158.

A Bibliometric Analysis Using Alternative Metrics for Articles in the Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Abstract


Objective
To investigate the articles in the Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine (ARM) using a bibliometric analysis to verify whether there is a correlation between the topics of interest for expert groups and the public media.
Methods
A total of 1,088 ARM articles from the third issue of 2011 to the third issue of 2019 were analyzed. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of the articles using conventional metrics (CM) and alternative metrics (AM). The CM was investigated by collating the type of publication, number of citations, and the specific field of rehabilitation medicine for each article. The AM was analyzed using the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) provided by Altmetric, the leading AM company. The correlation between the number of citations and the AAS was tested using the Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
Results
The combined ratio of original articles and case reports was over 90% in this study; however, the total distribution was significantly different compared to previous bibliometric studies (p<0.05). There were 233 articles that satisfied both conditions of at least one citation and at least one AAS point. The number of citations and the AAS were found to have a statistically significant positive linear correlation on a scatter plot (r=0.216, p=0.001).
Conclusion
There is a significant correlation between AM and CM, which means itis important to increase the dissemination of academic knowledge through the public media and increase the status of the journal by increasing the citation-related index.

Keyword

Alternative metrics; Social media; Bibliometrics; Physical and rehabilitation medicine

Figure

  • Fig. 1. Pattern of publication types was compared between articles published from 1977 to 1993 and 2011 to 2019. The four types of publication were demonstrated in order, in a counter-clockwise direction.

  • Fig. 2. Significant positive linear correlation was observed between the log value of the citation (C) and Altmetric Attention Score (AAS).


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