Graphical and video abstracts are not associated with increased Altmetric attention score or citations in sport science.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.147Keywords:
communication, dissemination, visual, metascienceAbstract
Objective: Graphical (GA) and Video (VA) abstracts provide a summary of a study’s key findings
to direct more viewers to the published paper. The present aim was to determine if papers
published with a GA or VA in the field of sport science are likely to receive higher Altmetric
attention scores and more citations than papers published without.
Methods: A multivariate Poisson regression analysis was used to determine whether Altmetric
attention scores and citation counts were different between articles published with or without
a GA or VA. Included articles were published between January 2019 and December 2020 from
three journals ranked within the top quartile of the category of “Sport Science”.
Results: Of 562 articles, 101 were published with a graphical abstract (n = 96) or video abstract
(n = 5). Articles with GA or VA received a lower Altmetric attention score than those without
(Incidence rate ratio = 0.76 (0.73 – 0.80) [95% CI = 0.73 – 0.80]; p=<0.001; small effect) and were
cited less often (incidence rate ratio = 0.64 [95% CI = 0.60 – 0.69]; p=<0.001; small effect).
Conclusion: This study found no apparent benefit to publication with a GA or VA with respect
to Altmetric attention scores and citations. Further research should consider investigating how
factors such as design quality, distribution, and research importance influence these outcomes
in similar studies.
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