Measuring the online attention to business research papers: An altmetric study of selected journals with high impact factor. Issue 4 (2nd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Verma, Manoj Kumar; Yuvaraj, Mayank
• Is Part Of: Journal of business & finance librarianship. Volume 27:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 268
• Page End: 282
• Publication Date: 2022-10-02
• Subjects: Altmetrics -- bibliographic databases -- bibliometrics -- business research -- dimensions -- online attention -- social media metrics; Business libraries -- Periodicals; Financial libraries -- Periodicals; 026.3305
• DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2022.2100089
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0896-3568

Abstract

Abstract: The present study is aimed toward examining the attention received by research papers through social and electronic media in business research. In recent years, altmetrics has emerged as a complementary measure of the impact of research works besides citation analysis and bibliometrics. Using the altmetric attention score (AAS) the paper is the first research of its kind to shed light on the characteristics of 100 papers receiving the highest online attention. Various predictors of online engagement with articles in business research journals having an impact factor greater than 6 are discussed. Data was collected from the Dimensions.ai database and analyzed using R statistical software. It is found that the Journal of Business Ethics contributed maximum papers with the highest AAS followed by the Journal of Business Research. Using the Kruskal-Wallis rank-sum test it was determined that AAS in business research is dependent upon article type, topics, and journal of publication. Most of the papers in high impact factor business journals have been contributed by the authors of USA, UK and China.