BACKGROUND Citation scores (CS) are traditionally used to measure the impact of scientific publications. Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS), in contrast, consider the digital dissemination of articles across social media platforms to track their audience reach. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to determine the correlation between AAS and CS in 12 high-impact-factor journals in the category of 'Clinical Medicine'. METHODS The 12 journals with the highest 2023 journal impact factor (published in June 2024), four each in General and Internal Medicine, General Surgery, and Anaesthesia, were included. Articles published in final version between January 1 and December 31, 2021 were selected, and up-to-date AAS and CS for each article were obtained on July 2, 2024 from Dimensions (https://app.dimensions.ai/discover/publication). Spearman's rank order correlations (ϱ) were used to assess the strength of the association between AAS and CS. RESULTS A total of 5193 outputs (2747 in Medicine, 1345 in Surgery, and 1101 in Anaesthesia) were analysed, with median (interquartile range) AAS and CS of 37 (10-157) and 16 (6-52), respectively. Medicine journals had the highest AAS and CS (124 [47-384] and 28 [8-113]), followed by Anaesthesia (12 [5-27] and 12 [5-24]) and Surgery (9 [2-24] and 11 [4-27]), respectively. There was a moderate positive correlation between AAS and CS overall (ϱ=0.589), with a moderate correlation for Medicine (ϱ=0.681) and Anaesthesia (ϱ=0.427) and a weak correlation for Surgery (ϱ=0.354) (all P<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Altmetric Attention Scores correlated with citation scores, suggesting that audience engagement via social media can influence the future impact of publications and their citation scores.

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Medicine， Surgery， and Anaesthesia 中 Altmetric Attention Scores 与高影响因子期刊的引文分数之间的相关性。


背景 引文分数 （CS） 传统上用于衡量科学出版物的影响力。相比之下，Altmetric Attention Scores （AAS） 考虑在社交媒体平台上对文章进行数字传播，以跟踪其受众范围。在这项横断面研究中，我们旨在确定 “临床医学 ”类别的 12 种高影响因子期刊中 AAS 和 CS 之间的相关性。方法 纳入 2023 年期刊影响因子最高的 12 种期刊（2024 年 6 月出版），包括 General and Internal Medicine、General Surgery 和 Anaesthesia 各 4 种。选择了 2021 年 1 月 1 日至 12 月 31 日期间以最终版本发表的文章，并于 2024 年 7 月 2 日从 Dimensions （https://app.dimensions.ai/discover/publication） 获得每篇文章的最新 AAS 和 CS。Spearman 的排名顺序相关性 （ρ） 用于评估 AAS 和 CS 之间关联的强度。结果共分析了 5193 个输出（医学 2747 个，外科 1345 个，麻醉 1101 个），中位数（四分位距）AAS 和 CS 分别为 37 （10-157） 和 16 （6-52）。医学期刊的 AAS 和 CS 最高 （124 [47-384] 和 28 [8-113]），其次是麻醉 （12 [5-27] 和 12 [5-24]）和外科 （9 [2-24] 和 11 [4-27]）。AAS 和 CS 总体呈中等正相关 （ρ=0.589），医学 （ρ=0.681） 和麻醉 （ρ=0.427） 中等相关，手术 （ρ=0.354） 呈弱相关 （均 P<0.0001）。结论 Altmetric Attention Scores 与引文分数相关，表明受众通过社交媒体的参与可以影响出版物的未来影响及其引文分数。