AB155. SOH25_AB_160. Do studies about shoulder arthroplasty from Altmetric analysis have higher value when compared to traditional bibliometric analysis?
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AB155. SOH25_AB_160. Do studies about shoulder arthroplasty from Altmetric analysis have higher value when compared to traditional bibliometric analysis?

Hao Yik Lim, Liam O’Dwyer, Eilis Fitzgerald, John Cassidy

Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Background: Ongoing research on shoulder arthroplasty is crucial for improving surgical outcomes. Bibliometric analysis has been the primary method for evaluating papers. However, Altmetric analysis, by measuring online attention of papers, shows impacts beyond the traditional citation analysis. This paper compares the articles on shoulder arthroplasty with the highest Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS) versus those with the most bibliometric citations from the past decade.

Methods: The top 20 studies with the highest AAS were retrieved from https://www.altmetric.com. Web of Science database was used to retrieve 20 studies with the most citations. Both groups of studies were compared based on respective AAS, citation counts, citation density, level of evidence, and impact factor of the journals identified.

Results: The top 20 Altmetric articles had an average AAS of 144.95±139.38 (47 to 567) and average citation count of 25.32±34.93 (0 to 141). The top 20 bibliometric articles had an average citation count of 167.45±52.99 (107 to 270) and an average AAS of 10.4±10.95 (0 to 47). The Altmetric search had returned more articles with lower evidence level (15 level IV/V) compared to the bibliometric search (10 level IV/V).

Conclusions: Studies with a high Altmetric score are more likely clinical papers of medium to low levels of evidence. Bibliometric analysis will yield more basic science studies besides having clinical papers with higher levels of evidence. Articles from Altmetric analysis do not have a higher level of evidence compared to those returned from bibliometric analysis.

Keywords: Altmetrics; bibliometrics; citations; level of evidence; shoulder arthroplasty

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doi: 10.21037/map-25-ab155
Cite this abstract as: Lim HY, O’Dwyer L, Fitzgerald E, Cassidy J. AB155. SOH25_AB_160. Do studies about shoulder arthroplasty from Altmetric analysis have higher value when compared to traditional bibliometric analysis? Mesentery Peritoneum 2025;9:AB155.

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