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Influenza Altmetric Attention Score and its association with the influenza season in the USA

Saif Aldeen AlRyalat 1
, 
Khaled Al Oweidat 1
, 
Mohammad Al-Essa 2
, 
Khaled Ashouri 2
, 
Osama El Khatib 1
, 
Athar Al-Rawashdeh 1
, 
Abeer Yaseen 1
, 
Ahmad Toumar 1
, 
Anas Alrwashdeh 1
1
 
2
 
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2022-03-08
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ISSN: 20461402
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Medicine
General Immunology and Microbiology
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Abstract
Background: Altmetrics measure the impact of journal articles by tracking social media, Wikipedia, public policy documents, blogs, and mainstream news activity, after which an overall Altmetric attention score (AAS) is calculated for every journal article. In this study, we aim to assess the AAS for influenza related articles and its relation to the influenza season in the USA. Methods: This study used the openly available Altmetric data from Altmetric.com. First, we retrieved all influenza-related articles using an advanced PubMed search query, then we inputted the resulted query into Altmetric explorer. We then calculated the average AAS for each month during the years 2012-2018. Results: A total of 24,964 PubMed documents were extracted, among them, 12,395 documents had at least one attention. We found a significant difference in mean AAS between February and each of January and March (p< 0.001, mean difference of 117.4 and 460.7, respectively). We found a significant difference between June and each of May and July (p< 0.001, mean difference of 1221.4 and 162.7, respectively). We also found a significant difference between October and each of September and November (p< 0.001, mean difference of 88.8 and 154.8, respectively). Conclusion: We observed a seasonal trend in the attention toward influenza-related research, with three annual peaks that correlated with the beginning, peak, and end of influenza seasons in the USA, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.
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AlRyalat S. A. et al. Influenza Altmetric Attention Score and its association with the influenza season in the USA // F1000Research. 2022. Vol. 9. p. 96.
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AlRyalat S. A., Al Oweidat K., Al-Essa M., Ashouri K., El Khatib O., Al-Rawashdeh A., Yaseen A., Toumar A., Alrwashdeh A. Influenza Altmetric Attention Score and its association with the influenza season in the USA // F1000Research. 2022. Vol. 9. p. 96.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.12688/f1000research.22127.3
UR - https://f1000research.com/articles/9-96/v3
TI - Influenza Altmetric Attention Score and its association with the influenza season in the USA
T2 - F1000Research
AU - AlRyalat, Saif Aldeen
AU - Al Oweidat, Khaled
AU - Al-Essa, Mohammad
AU - Ashouri, Khaled
AU - El Khatib, Osama
AU - Al-Rawashdeh, Athar
AU - Yaseen, Abeer
AU - Toumar, Ahmad
AU - Alrwashdeh, Anas
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/03/08
PB - F1000 Research
SP - 96
VL - 9
PMID - 35465063
SN - 2046-1402
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@article{2022_AlRyalat,
author = {Saif Aldeen AlRyalat and Khaled Al Oweidat and Mohammad Al-Essa and Khaled Ashouri and Osama El Khatib and Athar Al-Rawashdeh and Abeer Yaseen and Ahmad Toumar and Anas Alrwashdeh},
title = {Influenza Altmetric Attention Score and its association with the influenza season in the USA},
journal = {F1000Research},
year = {2022},
volume = {9},
publisher = {F1000 Research},
month = {mar},
url = {https://f1000research.com/articles/9-96/v3},
pages = {96},
doi = {10.12688/f1000research.22127.3}
}