As it’s that time of the year and Altmetric has released its 2018 Top 100, in this post I share the 2018 Top 100 research outputs with ‘comics’ as a keyword according to Altmetric.
I queried the data from the Altmetric Explorer, looking for all outputs with this keyword between 13/12/2017 and 13/12/2018. I then refined the data to concentrate only on the Top 100 outputs about comics.
To see the complete Top 100, you can download the dataset I shared on figshare at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7467116.v1.
Below you can quickly take a look at the top 20 outputs with keyword “comics” ordered by their Altmetric Attention score :
| Altmetric Attention Score | Title | Journal/Collection Title | Publication Date |
| 524 | Ten simple rules for drawing scientific comics | PLoS Computational Biology | 04/01/2018 |
| 286 | Comixify: Transform video into a comics | 09/12/2018 | |
| 154 | Teaching Confidentiality through Comics at One Spanish Medical School | AMA Journal of Ethics | 01/02/2018 |
| 99 | Bruised and Battered: Reinforcing Intimate Partner Violence in Comic Books | Feminist Criminology | 17/05/2018 |
| 84 | Of Microscopes and Metaphors: Visual Analogy as a Scientific Tool | The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship | 10/10/2018 |
| 79 | The potential of comics in science communication | JCOM – Journal of Science Communication | 23/01/2018 |
| 65 | Alter egos: an exploration of the perspectives and identities of science comic creators | JCOM – Journal of Science Communication | 16/01/2018 |
| 61 | Using comics to change lives | The Lancet | 01/01/2018 |
| 50 | The Question Concerning Comics as Technology: Gestell and Grid | The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship | 24/09/2018 |
| 47 | A survey of comics research in computer science | 16/04/2018 | |
| 41 | Is There a Comic Book Industry? | Media Industries | 05/06/2018 |
| 38 | The Utility of Multiplex Molecular Tests for Enteric Pathogens: a Micro-Comic Strip | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 24/01/2018 |
| 38 | Farting Jellyfish and Synergistic Opportunities: The Story and Evaluation of Newcastle Science Comic |
The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship | 20/03/2018 |
| 35 | Pitfalls in Performing Research in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: a Micro-Comic Strip | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 25/09/2018 |
| 34 | Neural Comic Style Transfer: Case Study | 05/09/2018 | |
| 31 | Comics and the Ethics of Representation in Health Care … AMA Journal of Ethics | AMA Journal of Ethics | 01/02/2018 |
| 29 | Undemocratic Layout: Eight Methods of Accenting Images | The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship | 25/05/2018 |
| 29 | Communicating Science through Comics: A Method | Publications | 30/08/2018 |
| 26 | Of Cornopleezeepi and Party Poopers: A Brief History of Physicians in Comics … AMA Journal of Ethics | AMA Journal of Ethics | 01/02/2018 |
| 26 | On the Significance of the Graphic Novel to Contemporary Literary Studies: A Review of The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel | The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship | 19/09/2018 |
To see the complete Top 100, you can download the dataset I shared on figshare at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7467116.v1.
I am obviously very pleased to see The Comics Grid included in the Top 100.
It is interesting to note the diversity of countries associated to the profiles (where the metadata was available) giving attention to the outputs. According to Altmetric, there were 4,588 tweets about research outputs with ‘comics’ as keyword between 13/12/17 and 13/12/18 by 2,866 unique tweeters in 98 different countries. The map looks like this:
I shared the countries data on figshare at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7467455.v1.
For more information and context on Altmetric and using the Altmetric Explorer, see my 2016 post here. Many other posts about alternative metrics and the Altmetric Explorer can be found throghout my blog.
References
Priego, Ernesto (2018): Altmetric Top 100 Outputs with ‘Comics’ Keyword between 13/12/17 and 13/12/18. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7467116.v1
Priego, Ernesto (2018): Countries and Number of Profiles that Gave Attention to Research Outputs with ‘Comics’ Keyword between 13/12/17 and 13/12/18 according to Altmetric. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7467455.v1
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