Altmetric Scores, Citations, and Publication of Studies Posted as Preprints

Stylianos Serghiou; John P A Ioannidis

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.21168

Altmetric Scores, Citations, and Publication of Studies Posted as Preprints

JAMA. 2018 Jan 23;319(4):402-404. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.21168.

Authors

Stylianos Serghiou¹, John P A Ioannidis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Abstract

This study describes views, downloads, Altmetric scores, and citations of articles published as preprints and differences in Altmetric scores and citations of published articles by prior preprint status.

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics*
Internet
Models, Statistical
Periodicals as Topic*
Publishing*