A Bibliometric Analysis of 100 Papers with the Highest Altmetrics Scores in 2016. Characterizing Papers that Obtain a Large Number of Online Mentions with their properties such as Journal, Discipline, Author Distribution etc. A Parallel Analysis Of The 100 Most Cited Papers In Web Of Science Along The Same Lines.

1. Sumit K. Banshal1, Aparna Basu1, Vivek K. Singh2,
Pranab K. Muhuri1
1South Asian University, New Delhi, India
2Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

2.  Introduction
 Why Altmetrics!
 Altmetrics?
 Citations vs. AltScore
 Objectives
 Data & Results
 Final Remarks
 Conclusion
 Acknowledgement
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3.  Alternative Metrics or ‘altmetrics’; Measure for
Societal Impact of Articles
 Earlier, Citations Considered as Main Impact
Parameter for Articles
 Journal Impact Factor is another Parameter
Based on Citations
 ‘Altmetrics’ Represents the General Attention
to an Article from ‘social media’
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4.  The Emergence of ‘Social Media’ Creates a Way of Re-
Thinking on Measuring Impacts
 Popularity of Twitter, Academic Social Networks (e.g.,
ResearchGate, Mendeley, Academia etc.)
 ‘Social Media’ makes it possible to Record or Store the
Readership or Attention of People towards any topic;
e.g. Scientific Article, Press note, Remarks by Famous
people or Dignitaries.
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5.  Modern Technologies or Approaches are
Needed to Aggregate and Assess this New
Form of Impact
 Altmetrics is the Study and Generation of
Scholarly Impact Measures Based on Activity
in Online Tools and Environments
 Specifically, Altmetrics is the Evolution from
old-style Bibliometrics in the Direction of a
New Field and Metrics in the 21st Century
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6.  Whether Altmetrics or AltScore can Replace
Citations or Journal Impact Factor?
 Whether Altmetrics can Predict Highly Cited
Articles?
 These are the Mostly Discussed and Debated
Research Topics for Measuring Impact of
Scholarly Articles.
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7.  A Bibliometric Analysis of 100 Papers with the
Highest Altmetrics Scores in 2016
 Characterizing Papers that Obtain a Large
Number of Online Mentions with their
properties such as: Journal, Discipline, Author
Distribution etc.
 A Parallel Analysis Of The 100 Most Cited
Papers In Web Of Science Along The Same
Lines
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8.  Two Parallel Datasets
 Altmetrics.com Data
 Top 100 Papers Listed in 2016 (web address)
 Ranking Based on Social Mentions, Shares,
Comments etc.
 Twitter, News, Facebook, Blogs are the major sources
among many.
 Web of Science Data
 Top 100 Cited Papers of 2016
 Data is Collected Around October, 2017
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9. Papers : Characterization of papers common to Both Sets
 Only 12 Articles were found common to both Lists
 7 of them were from Medical & Health Science
Discipline
 3 of Top 10 articles have Paid Access in this ListA
 We found that Highly Cited Papers are generally
more Technical, e.g., Cancer Research.
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10. Subject Wise Distribution
 In Both Lists the Major Subjects are Found to be Same*
(*some categories not used in Web of Science)
 Only in the Physical Sciences are there many more highly
cited papers as compared to papers with high altmetric score.
Subjects High Altmetric Score High Cited Papers
Medical & Health Sciences 49 44
Biological Science 14 11
Studies in Human Society 12 27
Earth & Environmental Sciences 6 2
History & Archaeology 6
Physical Sciences 6 23
Research & Reproducibility 4
Materials Science 2 8
Information & Computer Sciences 1 2
Engineering Sciences 0 4
Total 100 121
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11. Top 10 Journals in each List
Journal
(Altmetrics.com) Alt_Score Paper Journal (Web of Science) Citation Papers
Nature 39391 18
Ca-A Cancer Jnl For
Clinicians 6021 3
JAMA 22921 7
New England Jnl Of
Medicine 3406 10
Science 18806 9 Nucleic Acids Research 2816 7
New England Jnl of
Medicine 17528 7 Science 2379 8
PNAS 13401 7 Nature 2261 7
Lancet 11311 5 Lancet 2153 6
JAMA Internal
Medicine 9672 4
European Heart
Journal 1816 5
British Medical
Journal 8612 3 Physical Review Letters 1722 2
Current Biology 6226 3 JAMA 1700 4
Journals not common to both lists are highlighted in blue
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12. Journals Common In Both Lists
Journal Alt-
Papers Alt_Score
Avg
Score
per Paper
WoS-
Papers Citation
Avg
Citation per
Paper
Nature 18 39391 2188 7 2261 323
Science 9 18806 2090 8 2379 297
JAMA 7 22921 3274 4 1700 425
Physical Review
Letters
1 4660
4660
2 1722
861
Science Advances 1 3020 3020 1 434 434
MMWR
Recommendations &
Reports
1 1967
1967
1 228
228
Cell Stem Cell 1 1956 1956 1 223 223
European Heart
Journal
1 1785
1785
5 1816
363
Lancet Infectious
Diseases
1 1708
1708
2 840
420
Cell Metabolism 1 1682 1682 1 223 223
Total 41 97896 2387.7 32 11826 370
Nature and Science have the highest no. of high cited and high Altmetric score papers in Top 100.
Physical Review Letters has the highest avg cit/paper as well as alt score/paper (only 1 paper)
JAMA and LANCET also had high cits/paper (> 400); JAMA also had a high alt score/paper (3274).
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13. Citations across Countries based on Author Affiliation
Countries/Territories
TP
Total
Citations
Citations
Per Papers
United States 64 29730 437.206
United Kingdom 29 11936 442.074
Germany 26 10109 404.36
France 22 10924 520.19
Canada 22 8530 406.19
Italy 19 7144 396.889
Australia 18 8334 490.235
Peoples R China 17 7728 483
Spain 16 6603 440.2
Switzerland 15 5468 420.615
For top 100 cited papers, USA, UK, France, Germany have > 10,000 citations
per year. Only Asian country in the list is China.
Highest citations per paper were obtained by France (520), Australia (490),
China (483), UK (442), USA (437), Spain (440), Switzerland (421), Canada
(406); Germany (404), all >400 cites/paper and only Italy with 397 cites/ paper.
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14. Distribution of author affiliations in ALTMETRICS 2016
Country Tot
Papers
Score % Score Alt Score/Paper
United States 75 174686 32.4 2329
United Kingdom 33 69721 12.9 2113
Germany 14 31816 5.9 2273
Australia 12 26955 5.0 2246
France 8 18967 3.5 2371
Canada 6 14627 2.7 2438
Italy 5 13479 2.5 2696
Belgium 5 13035 2.4 2607
Netherlands 5 12769 2.4 2554
Switzerland 6 12415 2.3 2069
The USA, UK and Germany had the largest no. of papers in the Top 100 list.
They also had the highest Altmetrics scores (USA 32%, UK 12.9%, Germany
5.9%)
Highest Altmetric Score/Paper: Italy (2696), Belgium (2607), Netherlands
(2554), Canada (2438), France (2371), USA (2329), Germany (2273),
Australia (2246) Note this is a size-independent indicator
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15.  Already, altmetric Scores are far Exceeding Citation
Scores – by a factor of 10.
Total Citation Scores for Top 100 Papers in 2016 = 12,195
Total Altmetric Score for Top 100 Papers in 2016 = 2,25,848
The Top 100 Papers for altmetrics and for Citations are
Vastly Different – (overlap of only 12 papers!!)
Evidently, Peoples’ Perception Quite Different from Researchers
who Cite Papers.
Among Countries who Fared Well on Both Scores are
USA, UK, Germany, Canada etc.
Interestingly, Italy was the Last Among the top 10 Countries in Terms
of Cits/Paper - but the First Among the Countries by alt Score/Paper.
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16.  Clearly, the Content of Highly Cited Papers is Quite
Distinct From Papers that Get a High Altmetric Score.
 It Seems Only a Remote Possibility That the Altmetric
Score Can Replace Citation Score Any Time Soon.
 The Nature of the Literatures Cited in Journals is
Different From Those That are Discussed in Social
Media.
 At the Same Time, It is a Great Boon that Altmetrics
Offers us the Opportunity of Tracking Public Opinion
With Respect to Scientific Litearature.
 Of Course, a Limitation of Citation is the Time-delay
Inherent in the Process, Which Probably Makes the
Comparison Undertaken Here Not Entirely Justified.
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17.  This Study is Supported by SAU PhD Grants
 Aparna Basu acknowledges a grant from
AROSIM that enabled her to attend this
workshop. Thank you very much!!
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