The Relationship between Altmetrics and SNIP, SJR, Eigenfactor and IF of Medical Science Journals

Document Type : Research َ Article

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Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

Abstract

Purpose: To identify the relationship between citation indicators like SNIP, SJR, Eigenfactor and impact factor (IF) of medical journals with Altmetrics.
Methodology: Using scientometrics method, 111 medical science journals having the highest SJR were randomly selected from Scopus. Altmetics data were gathered from altmetrics.com and citation indicators from SCImago, Scijournal and Eigenfactor database. The correlation between measures was examined using SPSS and Structural Equation analyzed by AMOS software.
Results: There is a correlation between all citation indicators except for IF and altmetrics mean scores. Structural Equation also verified the Pearson correlation test.
Conclusion: Altmetrics indicators can be used along with citations and help in evaluating citations which are not covered by former citation indicators.

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