| Title |
Online distribution channel increases article usage on Mendeley: a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
Scientometrics, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11192-017-2438-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Paul Kudlow, Matthew Cockerill, Danielle Toccalino, Devin Bissky Dziadyk, Alan Rutledge, Aviv Shachak, Roger S. McIntyre, Arun Ravindran, Gunther Eysenbach |
| Abstract |
Prior research shows that article reader counts (i.e. saves) on the online reference manager, Mendeley, correlate to future citations. There are currently no evidenced-based distribution strategies that have been shown to increase article saves on Mendeley. We conducted a 4-week randomized controlled trial to examine how promotion of article links in a novel online cross-publisher distribution channel (TrendMD) affect article saves on Mendeley. Four hundred articles published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research were randomized to either the TrendMD arm (n = 200) or the control arm (n = 200) of the study. Our primary outcome compares the 4-week mean Mendeley saves of articles randomized to TrendMD versus control. Articles randomized to TrendMD showed a 77% increase in article saves on Mendeley relative to control. The difference in mean Mendeley saves for TrendMD articles versus control was 2.7, 95% CI (2.63, 2.77), and statistically significant (p < 0.01). There was a positive correlation between pageviews driven by TrendMD and article saves on Mendeley (Spearman's rho r = 0.60). This is the first randomized controlled trial to show how an online cross-publisher distribution channel (TrendMD) enhances article saves on Mendeley. While replication and further study are needed, these data suggest that cross-publisher article recommendations via TrendMD may enhance citations of scholarly articles. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 17 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 12% |
| Canada | 2 | 12% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 59% |
| Scientists | 3 | 18% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 113 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 18 | 16% |
| Librarian | 14 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 25 | 22% |
| Unknown | 30 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 28 | 25% |
| Unknown | 34 | 30% |
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