Beyond Citation Rates: A Real-Time Impact Analysis of Health Professions Education Research Using Altmetrics.

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To complement traditional citation-based metrics, which take years to accrue and indicate only academic attention, academia has begun considering altmetrics or alternative metrics, which provide timely feedback on an article's impact by tracking its dissemination via nontraditional outlets, such as blogs and social media, across audiences. This article describes altmetrics and examines altmetrics attention, outlets used, and top article characteristics for health professions education (HPE) research.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Acad Med

Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1938-808X

ISSN (Print): 1040-2446

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2017

Volume: 92

Issue: 10

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[1 ] L.A. Maggio is associate professor of medicine and associate director of distance learning and technology, Graduate Programs in Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2997-6133. H.S. Meyer is assistant professor of medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Twitter: @hollysmeyer; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8833-8003. A.R. Artino Jr is professor of medicine and deputy director, Graduate Programs in Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Twitter: @mededdoc; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2661-7853.

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DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001897

PubMed ID: 28817430

SO-VID: f42220d8-fe7a-436a-a969-25c6a82f3b06

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