AB156. SOH25_AB_071. Rotator cuff tear: an evaluation of the top 20 papers produced in the past decade on both Altmetric and bibliometric databases
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AB156. SOH25_AB_071. Rotator cuff tear: an evaluation of the top 20 papers produced in the past decade on both Altmetric and bibliometric databases

Austin Kerin1, Conor Ledingham2, Martin Davey2, Liam O’Dwyer2, Tristan Cassidy2

1School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; 2Department of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Background: Bibliometric analysis uses citations as its main parameter when investigating research articles. The Altmetric explorer uses the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) to quantify the online attention an article receives online. This study seeks to compare lists of the top 20 Altmetric versus bibliometric articles published within the last ten years with respect to rotator cuff tears.

Methods: Two searches were performed for articles related to rotator cuff tears. Databases were searched to obtain a list of top 20 most cited studies relating to rotator cuff tears. The Altmetric explorer database was searched to obtain a list of the top 20 AAS articles. Both lists were then analysed.

Results: AAS score on the Altmetric list ranged from 941 to 118 (mean, 393.2). There were 71 studies involved in the Altmetric list in comparison to 36 on the bibliometric list. Citations ranged from 120 to 312 (mean, 192.85) on the bibliometric list and 0 to 149 (mean, 47.45) on the Altmetric list. There were 11 studies of level II evidence or higher on the Altmetric list in comparison to four on the bibliometric list.

Conclusions: The top 20 studies for both AAS and citations are not the same. The AAS scoring system included studies from lower-impact factor (IF) journals, demonstrating its usefulness for discovering literature from such sources. The Altmetric list also identified a greater number of high-quality studies. For rotator cuff tears, Altmetrics may be superior to traditional bibliometrics at identifying high-quality research.

Keywords: Rotator cuff; orthopaedics; Altmetric; bibliometric; citation analysis

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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-ab156
Cite this abstract as: Kerin A, Ledingham C, Davey M, O’Dwyer L, Cassidy T. AB156. SOH25_AB_071. Rotator cuff tear: an evaluation of the top 20 papers produced in the past decade on both Altmetric and bibliometric databases. Mesentery Peritoneum 2025;9:AB156.

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