Correlation of Altmetric Attention Score and Citations for High-Impact General Medicine Journals: a Cross-sectional Study

Amr F Barakat¹, Nayef Nimri², Mohamed Shokr³, Dhruv Mahtta⁴, Hend Mansoor⁵, Ahmad Masri¹, Islam Y Elgendy⁶

Affiliations

¹ Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁵ Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, PO Box 100288, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. iyelgendy@gmail.com.

PMID: 30761453
PMCID: PMC6544677
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04838-6

Correlation of Altmetric Attention Score and Citations for High-Impact General Medicine Journals: a Cross-sectional Study

Amr F Barakat et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;34(6):825-827.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04838-6.

Authors

Amr F Barakat¹, Nayef Nimri², Mohamed Shokr³, Dhruv Mahtta⁴, Hend Mansoor⁵, Ahmad Masri¹, Islam Y Elgendy⁶

Affiliations

¹ Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁵ Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, PO Box 100288, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. iyelgendy@gmail.com.

PMID: 30761453
PMCID: PMC6544677
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04838-6

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The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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**Fig. 1**
a Scatter plot examining the relationship between log (Altmetric Attention Score) and log (3-year total citations), with a fitted line representing the regression model and 95% confidence interval. b Scatter plot examining the relationship between log (Altmetric Attention Score) and log (3-year total citations) after adjusting for the clustering by journal, with fitted lines representing the regression models and 95% confidence intervals. Red line: *The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)*; green line: *Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)*; green line: *The Lancet.*

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