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AB207. SOH25_AB_339. Vascularised composite allotransplantation—a guide to optimal dissemination of scientific outputs
Cian Hehir1,2,3, Gavin Dowling2, Gavin Calpin2, Michael O’Connor2, Linda Kelly2, Calum Honeyman4, Helen Stark5
1Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland;
2Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland;
3Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;
4Department of Plastic Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK;
5Transplant Research and Immunology Group (TRIG), Nuffield Department of Surgical Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Background: Altmetrics offers a means of broadly assessing online interaction with scholarly outputs not just within academic fields but within society as a whole. Vascularised composite allotransplantation (VCA) is an evolving treatment aimed at restoring function in patients who have suffered substantial tissue loss, such as in limb and face allotransplantation. There is also a growing interest in the role of VCA as an early means of real-time immuno-monitoring, in sentinel skin flap (SSF) transplant. We aimed to assess methods of dissemination of scientific outputs.
Methods: In July 2024, a search was conducted using the Altmetric Explorer (AE) and Web of Science (WoS) databases with extraction of representative variables. Corresponding citation-based metrics were extracted utilising SCImago. Data was compiled and analysed using a linear regression model with the level of significance set at P<0.05.
Results: The Top 100 (T100) performing articles relating to VCA displayed a mean Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) of 3.31. All T100 papers were published in the English language. Sixty percent (n=60) of T100 papers were published in Q1 journals. News outlet mentions (r=6.95), blog mentions (r=6.20), and Twitter/X mentions (r=0.52) demonstrated the greatest positive impact on AAS upon application of a linear regression model (P<0.05).
Conclusions: Altmetric Scores offer a means of appraising the impact of research outputs in both academic and societal domains. Publishing of outputs in high quartile, open-access journals with timely utilisation of news and social media outlets should be utilised by researchers aiming to maximise dissemination of research outputs in the field of VCA.
Keywords: Vascularised composite allotransplantation (VCA); dissemination; Altmetrics; sentinel skin flap (SSF); allotransplantation
Acknowledgments
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Funding: None.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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doi: 10.21037/map-25-ab207
Cite this abstract as: Hehir C, Dowling G, Calpin G, O’Connor M, Kelly L, Honeyman C, Stark H. AB207. SOH25_AB_339. Vascularised composite allotransplantation—a guide to optimal dissemination of scientific outputs. Mesentery Peritoneum 2025;9:AB207.
