Measuring the Social Attention of the Leading Medicine Journals of India

The present study is an attempt to analyse the leading medicine journals of India through altmetric parameters.The primary objective of the study is to find the altmetric presence of the journals and analyse the altmetricevents recorded in various altmetric data sources. The study also aims to find the correlation between AltmetricAttention Score (AAS) and citation count. The study considered Scimago Journal & Country Rank 2021 to selectthe top five medicine journals of India. The bibliographic and altmetric data were extracted the Dimensions.ai database. Data analysis was done using R, Biblioshiny, and VOSviewer. The study reported that 43.46 % ofthe articles had an AAS, with a mean AAS of 7.48 for articles with AAS≥1, and a standard deviation of 24.58.The majority of altmetric events were recorded on Mendeley (53,666), followed by Twitter (5,885) and Newsoutlets (523). The study also reported a significant, weak positive correlation between citation count and AAS (r(1287) = 0.237, p <.001). Balram Bhargava was the top contributing author, and the Indian Council of MedicalResearch was the top contributing organisation, with a cumulative AAS of 696 and 1293, respectively, while Indiawas followed in terms of contributions by the US, China, and Italy. The findings of the study revealed the socialengagement of articles across a range of online platforms, highlighting the key themes, influential authors, andorganisations involved in the publications of leading Indian medicine journals. These findings provide valuableinsights into the benefits and significance of using social media for disseminating research articles.