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The differential impact of scientific quality, bibliometric factors, and social media activity on the influence of systematic reviews and meta-analyses about psoriasis

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  • Juan Ruano
  • Macarena Aguilar-Luque
  • Francisco Gómez-Garcia
  • Patricia Alcalde Mellado
  • Jesus Gay-Mimbrera
  • Pedro J Carmona-Fernandez
  • Beatriz Maestre-López
  • Juan Luís Sanz-Cabanillas
  • José Luís Hernández Romero
  • Marcelino González-Padilla
  • Antonio Vélez García-Nieto
  • Beatriz Isla-Tejera

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Researchers are increasingly using on line social networks to promote their work. Some authors have suggested that measuring social media activity can predict the impact of a primary study (i.e., whether or not an article will be highly cited). However, the influence of variables such as scientific quality, research disclosures, and journal characteristics on systematic reviews and meta-analyses has not yet been assessed. The present study aims to describe the effect of complex interactions between bibliometric factors and social media activity on the impact of systematic reviews and meta-analyses about psoriasis (PROSPERO 2016: CRD42016053181). Methodological quality was assessed using the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) tool. Altmetrics, which consider Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ mention counts as well as Mendeley and SCOPUS readers, and corresponding article citation counts from Google Scholar were obtained for each article. Metadata and journal-related bibliometric indices were also obtained. One-hundred and sixty-four reviews with available altmetrics information were included in the final multifactorial analysis, which showed that social media and impact factor have less effect than Mendeley and SCOPUS readers on the number of cites that appear in Google Scholar. Although a journal’s impact factor predicted the number of tweets (OR, 1.202; 95% CI, 1.087–1.049), the years of publication and the number of Mendeley readers predicted the number of citations in Google Scholar (OR, 1.033; 95% CI, 1.018–1.329). Finally, methodological quality was related neither with bibliometric influence nor social media activity for systematic reviews. In conclusion, there seems to be a lack of connectivity between scientific quality, social media activity, and article usage, thus predicting scientific success based on these variables may be inappropriate in the particular case of systematic reviews.

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  • Juan Ruano & Macarena Aguilar-Luque & Francisco Gómez-Garcia & Patricia Alcalde Mellado & Jesus Gay-Mimbrera & Pedro J Carmona-Fernandez & Beatriz Maestre-López & Juan Luís Sanz-Cabanillas & José Luís, 2018. "The differential impact of scientific quality, bibliometric factors, and social media activity on the influence of systematic reviews and meta-analyses about psoriasis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0191124
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191124
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