The correlation between altmetric score and traditional measures of article impact for studies published within the Surgeon Journal

• Published in: The surgeon (Edinburgh) Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 18 - 24
• Main Authors: Fox, Edward S., McDonnell, Jake M., Wall, Julia, Darwish, Stacey, Healy, David, Butler, Joseph S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2024
• Subjects: Almetrics; Altmetrics; Bibliometrics; Citations; Humans; Journal Impact Factor; Reads; Research impact; Retrospective Studies; Social Media; Surgeons; Research impact; Bibliometrics; Citations; Almetrics; Reads

Alternative metrics, or altmetrics, have emerged as a promising tool for measuring the social impact of research, which is increasingly important in today's digital and social media-driven world. Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) is a weighted count of all the online attention garnered by a study...