Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis
We compared the characteristics of the most cited, most downloaded, and most mentioned (the highest Altmetric Attention Score) articles published in general medical journals. We identified the 640 most frequently cited, 662 most frequently downloaded, and 652 most mentioned articles from 48 general...
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| description | We compared the characteristics of the most cited, most downloaded, and most mentioned (the highest Altmetric Attention Score) articles published in general medical journals. We identified the 640 most frequently cited, 662 most frequently downloaded, and 652 most mentioned articles from 48 general medical journals. A comparison was made of the following characteristics of articles in the most cited, most downloaded, and most mentioned articles: medical specialty, publication type, country of origin, year of publication, and accessibility. There was only a 2.5% overlap in these three groups. Original articles were the more frequent among the most mentioned articles, whereas reviews, case reports, and guidelines/consensus statements were more frequent among the most downloaded articles. The most cited articles were more frequently published in 2010 and before, whereas the most downloaded articles were published in 2017−2018. The most mentioned articles were more frequently open-access articles, compared to the most downloaded articles. The most cited were more frequently older, the most downloaded were more frequently recent and educational, and the most mentioned were more frequently original and open-access articles. The results of our study may provide insights into various measures of article impact. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b16524d48ff4b26a0b6daec3f289e5b2023-11-20T21:21:12ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322020-11-018449210.3390/healthcare8040492Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric AnalysisJi Hyun Hong0Dae Young Yoon1Kyoung Ja Lim2Ji Yoon Moon3Sora Baek4Young Lan Seo5Eun Joo Yun6Department of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 134-701, KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 134-701, KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 134-701, KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 134-701, KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 134-701, KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 134-701, KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 134-701, KoreaWe compared the characteristics of the most cited, most downloaded, and most mentioned (the highest Altmetric Attention Score) articles published in general medical journals. We identified the 640 most frequently cited, 662 most frequently downloaded, and 652 most mentioned articles from 48 general medical journals. A comparison was made of the following characteristics of articles in the most cited, most downloaded, and most mentioned articles: medical specialty, publication type, country of origin, year of publication, and accessibility. There was only a 2.5% overlap in these three groups. Original articles were the more frequent among the most mentioned articles, whereas reviews, case reports, and guidelines/consensus statements were more frequent among the most downloaded articles. The most cited articles were more frequently published in 2010 and before, whereas the most downloaded articles were published in 2017−2018. The most mentioned articles were more frequently open-access articles, compared to the most downloaded articles. The most cited were more frequently older, the most downloaded were more frequently recent and educational, and the most mentioned were more frequently original and open-access articles. The results of our study may provide insights into various measures of article impact.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/492bibliometric analysiscitationdownloadaltmetricsgeneral medical journals |
| spellingShingle | Ji Hyun Hong Dae Young Yoon Kyoung Ja Lim Ji Yoon Moon Sora Baek Young Lan Seo Eun Joo Yun Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis Healthcare bibliometric analysis citation download altmetrics general medical journals |
| title | Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_full | Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_short | Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_sort | characteristics of the most cited most downloaded and most mentioned articles in general medical journals a comparative bibliometric analysis |
| topic | bibliometric analysis citation download altmetrics general medical journals |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/492 |
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