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Methods to Test Visual Attention Online
Published on: February 19, 2015
The online attention to oral cancer research: An Altmetric analysis
Yazan Hassona1, Tala Qutachi1, Latefa Dardas2
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Periodontics, School of Dentistry, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Objectives:
Altmetrics, or alternative metrics, have recently emerged as a web-based metrics measuring the impact of research with an emphasis on the public engagement with the research output. In this study, we aimed to identify and analyze research articles about oral cancer that provoked the most online attention.
Methods:
Altmetric Explorer was used to identify articles about oral cancer that generated the highest online attention. Descriptive and correlational statistics were performed, and the top 100 articles were identified and analyzed.
Results:
A total of 7,940 articles were identified. Topics were mostly discussed on Facebook, Twitter, Mendeley, and news outlets. The top 100 articles that generated the highest online attention discussed mainly topics related to treatment outcomes and quality of life. Human papilloma virus (HPV) was the most commonly discussed individual topic in the list of top 100 outputs (n = 20). Most articles originated from the USA (n = 46) and Europe (n = 33; mainly from UK [24 articles]). Articles were published in 47 journals that belong to different specialities; journals with a social media account had significantly higher Altmetric scores for their articles compared to those without an account.
Conclusion:
Topics of general interest to the public such as HPV transmission and vaccination, risk factors, and treatment generated the highest online attention.
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