Table 3 Summary of the association between variables of the publishing journal and the publishing articles with Altmetric scores
From: What are the variables associated with Altmetric scores?
| Studies and analyses | Citation counts | Journal impact factor | Access counts | Open access | Time since publication | Press release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlation analysis | ||||||
| Amath et al. [15] | r = 0.25 | r = 0.30 | ||||
| Assad et al. [17] | r = 0.33 | |||||
| Ayoub et al. [26] | r = 0.62 | |||||
| Barakat et al. [18] | r = 0.33 | |||||
| Barbic et al. [19] | r = 0.22 | r = 0.35 | ||||
| Costas et al. [22] | r = 0.18 | r = 0.19 | ||||
| Dagar et al. [23] | r = 0.43 | |||||
| Knight [27] | r = 0.16* and r = 0.23** | |||||
| Kunze et al. [29] | r = 0.36 | |||||
| Richardson et al. [28] | r = 0.32 | |||||
| Richardson et al. [31] | r = 0.12 | |||||
| Rosenkrantz et al. [32] | r = 0.20 | |||||
| Linear regression analysis | ||||||
| Chen et al. [21] | R2 = 0.00 | |||||
| Multivariate regression analysis | ||||||
| Araujo et al. [11] | β = 5.2* and β = 10.1** | β = 3.4 | β = −4.9 | |||
| Araujo et al. [16] | β = 2.9* and β = 6.37** | β = 15.36* and β = −3.21** | β = 0.74* and β = 4.04** | β = −21.99* and β = 18.13** | ||
| Haneef et al. [24] | RoM = 1.10 | RoM = 1.48 | RoM = 10.14 | |||
| Boosted regression trees analysis | ||||||
| Lamb et al. [30] Altmetric scores were strongly associated with citation counts. | ||||||
| Principal component analysis and factor analysis | ||||||
| Bornmann et al. [20] Altmetric reader score are associated to citation counts. | ||||||
| Didegah et al. [25] Altmetric reader score are associated to citation counts. | ||||||