The Correlation between Altmetric Attention Score and Traditional Bibliometrics in Top Nursing Journal Articles

Table 1

The impact factors of the included 20 nursing journals from 2010 to 2019.

Journal	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Asian Nursing Research	0.133	0.071	0.44	0.418	1.000	0.849	0.768	0.918	1.256	0.988
Australian Critical Care	—	0.973	0.953	1.265	1.562	1.479	1.907	1.930	2.515	2.214
Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care	1.821	2.182	2.926	2.048	1.264	1.867	2.518	2.329	2.129	2.705
BMC Nursing	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.846
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	1.348	1.711	2.042	1.828	1.876	2.491	2.763	2.651	2.497	2.296
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing	—	—	—	—	—	1.214	1.326	1.653	1.652	1.886
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing	1.427	1.071	1.287	2.009	1.950	1.943	1.869	2.033	2.433	2.383
International Journal of Nursing Studies	2.103	2.178	2.075	2.248	2.901	3.561	3.755	3.656	3.570	3.783
International Nursing Review	0.588	1.038	0.939	0.736	0.948	1.073	1.517	1.496	1.562	2.034
Journal of Advanced Nursing	1.540	1.477	1.527	1.685	1.741	1.917	1.998	2.267	2.376	2.561
Journal of Clinical Nursing	1.228	1.118	1.316	1.233	1.255	1.384	1.214	1.635	1.757	1.972
Journal of Nursing Management	1.452	1.181	1.454	1.142	1.500	1.721	1.905	1.912	2.386	2.243
Journal of Nursing Scholarship	1.392	1.490	1.612	1.772	1.636	2.128	2.396	2.662	2.540	2.655
Nurse Education Today	1.113	1.241	1.218	1.456	1.364	1.591	2.533	2.067	2.442	2.490
Nursing Ethics	1.085	0.815	1.210	1.093	1.247	1.469	1.755	1.876	1.957	2.597
Nursing Outlook	1.653	1.522	2.359	1.831	1.588	2.287	2.236	2.425	2.540	2.833
Research in Nursing & Health	1.736	1.708	2.181	1.163	1.267	1.638	1.693	1.762	1.678	2.163
Seminars in Oncology Nursing	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.667	1.412	1.330
Women and Birth	—	—	—	1.696	1.573	1.525	2.138	1.822	2.079	2.308
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing	1.429	1.239	1.349	2.318	2.381	1.762	2.103	2.143	2.500	1.991

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