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. 2019 Jun;34(6):825-827.
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  1 , Nayef Nimri  2 , Mohamed Shokr  3 , Dhruv Mahtta  4 , Hend Mansoor  5 , Ahmad Masri  1 , Islam Y Elgendy  6
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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.
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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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