The impact of video abstract on citation counts: evidence from a retrospective cohort study of New Journal of Physics

Qianjin Zong (), Yafen Xie, Rongchan Tuo, Jingshi Huang and Yang Yang
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Qianjin Zong: South China Normal University
Yafen Xie: Guangdong Provincial Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital
Rongchan Tuo: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jingshi Huang: South China Normal University
Yang Yang: China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute

Scientometrics, 2019, vol. 119, issue 3, No 19, 1715-1727

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we addressed the question of whether a video abstract of an article affects its citation counts. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the research articles published in New Journal of Physics during 2010 and 2016. Articles with video abstract (N = 315) as the experimental group, were matched 1:2, with articles without video abstract (N = 630) as the control group, by the same publishing issue, same article type. Specifically, the articles lacking video abstract that appeared immediately before and after each experimental group article were included in the control group. A negative binomial regression model was employed to analyze the data. After controlling for the characteristics of articles (including the number of authors, international co-authorship, character counts of title, character counts of text-based abstract, keyword counts, reference counts, page counts and funding), our results showed that articles with video abstract (experimental group) compared to the articles without video abstract (control group) were expected to have a rate 1.206 times greater for citation counts. This study suggests that a video abstract can potentially serve as a useful genre of a research article for receiving more citation counts.

Keywords: Video abstract; Citation counts; Citation analysis; Altmetrics; Retrospective cohort study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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