Table 5

Summary statistics for Altmetrics

Quantitative n=126Qualitative n=42P value
ProQuest Altmetric
Altmetric Attention Score, median (IQR)16 (7–37)9 (5–23)0.054
Altmetric Score Percentile, median (IQR)93 (87–97)88 (76–95)0.022
Mentions, median (IQR)
 News Outlet2 (1–5.5)1 (1–3)0.54
 Blog1 (1–2)1 (1–2)0.41
 Policy Source1 (1–2)1 (1–1)0.09
 Tweeters6.5 (2–22)6 (3–24)0.72
 Twitter Followers19 533 (2888.5–86 571.5)29 595 (2,809 – 123,449)0.56
 Facebook2 (1–4)1.5 (1–2)0.39
 Wikipedia1 (1–2)1 (1–1)0.23
 Google+user1 (1–5)1 (1–1)0.24
Readers, median (IQR)90 (56–149)110 (80–131)0.28
Plum Analytics
Usage, median (IQR)379 (177–763)984 (581–1351)<0.001
 Abstract Views326 (146–613)948 (500–1231)<0.001
 Link-Outs8.5 (3–25)23 (11–35)<0.001
 Full Text Views3 (1–23)1 (1–2)0.08
 Clicks22 (5–91)35 (5–40)0.58
Captures, median (IQR)88.5 (35.5–191)191 (98–292)<0.001
 Readers76 (9–144)114 (64–142)0.043
 Exports and Saves29.5 (12–59.5)70 (38–130)<0.001
Mentions, median (IQR)1 (1–4)1 (1–1.5)0.13
Social Media, median (IQR)10.5 (2–33.5)5 (2–24)0.43
  • Bold values are statistically significant values.