Measuring the Social Attention of the Leading Medicine Journals of India

An Altmetric Analysis

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to analyse the leading medicine journals of India through altmetric parameters.
The primary objective of the study is to find the altmetric presence of the journals and analyse the altmetric
events recorded in various altmetric data sources. The study also aims to find the correlation between Altmetric
Attention Score (AAS) and citation count. The study considered Scimago Journal & Country Rank 2021 to select
the top five medicine journals of India. The bibliographic and altmetric data were extracted  the Dimensions.
ai database. Data analysis was done using R, Biblioshiny, and VOSviewer. The study reported that 43.46 % of
the articles had an AAS, with a mean AAS of 7.48 for articles with AAS≥1, and a standard deviation of 24.58.
The majority of altmetric events were recorded on Mendeley (53,666), followed by Twitter (5,885) and News
outlets (523). The study also reported a significant, weak positive correlation between citation count and AAS (r
(1287) = 0.237, p <.001). Balram Bhargava was the top contributing author, and the Indian Council of Medical
Research was the top contributing organisation, with a cumulative AAS of 696 and 1293, respectively, while India
was followed in terms of contributions by the US, China, and Italy. The findings of the study revealed the social
engagement of articles across a range of online platforms, highlighting the key themes, influential authors, and
organisations involved in the publications of leading Indian medicine journals. These findings provide valuable
insights into the benefits and significance of using social media for disseminating research articles.