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

Table 5

Spearman rank correlation coefficient between citation, CNCI, RCR and AAS from 2010 to 2019.

Year	Citation and AAS		CNCI and AAS		RCR and AAS
	Rho	value	Rho	value	Rho	value
2010	0.293	<0.001	0.262	<0.001	0.275	<0.001
2011	0.327	<0.001	0.318	<0.001	0.306	<0.001
2012	0.238	<0.001	0.231	<0.001	0.219	<0.001
2013	0.278	<0.001	0.258	<0.001	0.262	<0.001
2014	0.301	<0.001	0.284	<0.001	0.277	<0.001
2015	0.285	<0.001	0.253	<0.001	0.271	<0.001
2016	0.259	<0.001	0.207	<0.001	0.241	<0.001
2017	0.280	<0.001	0.236	<0.001	0.268	<0.001
2018	0.275	<0.001	0.240	<0.001	0.269	<0.001
2019	0.242	<0.001	0.208	<0.001	0.246	<0.001