HEDS in the media - April to June 2017

A lot of the research that ScHARR and HEDS conducts gains media and online attention. As per the last few quarterly periods we have taken a quick look at some the attention using Altmetrics to see what has been said about our work and how far and wide it has reached on social media channels.

Since the start of April till the end of June HEDS have been mentioned 759 times according to Altmetric data. Our research has been mentioned in 11 news stories, cited in two NICE policy documents (with eight combined citations), cited in Wikipedia four times and been subject to 687 Tweets.

Work on clinical effectiveness of bisphosphonates for the prevention of fragility fractures by HEDS was picked up for this article in The Conversation. It was then republished by CNN and then International Business Times and The World Economic Forum a couple of weeks later.

HEDS research was also cited in 12 blogs including The Mental Elf, The Academic Health Economist's Blog, Healthcare Economist and Latest BMJ Blogs. 

So far HEDS work has been Tweeted 7,775 times since Altmetric started collecting data

Tweets by country

HEDS in the media - January to March 2017

A lot of the research that ScHARR and HEDS conducts gains media and online attention. As per the last few quarterly periods we have taken a quick look at some the attention using Altmetrics to see what has been said about our work and how far and wide it has reached on social media channels.


Dr Chris Carroll's piece in The BMJ 'Qualitative evidence synthesis to improve implementation of clinical guidelines' received an awful lot of attention across Twitter as 279 Tweets were sent as a result of the article. Richard Lehman's popular journal round up in the BMJ Opinion Blog wrote saying; "here at last is a very good BMJ analysis piece making the point clearly and trenchantly."


As you can imagine, a piece of research by HEDS with the title: 'Complimentary and Alternative Medicine for Management of Premature Ejaculation' was always going to gain some media attention. The Mail Online, Fox News and Medscape all gave coverage to this research. As did Edzard Ernst with his own tabloid headlined article; "Coming sooner or later – alternative therapies for premature ejaculation". ScienceBlogs also picked up on the article which lead to dozens of comments, not all of them puerile.

Since January our research has been picked up in 17 news stories, featured in 10 blogs and Tweeted about somewhere in the region of 500 times; with 140 Tweets (how apt) on the 17th January when it was mostly the aforementioned research by Dr Carroll being shared.

Much of our work around alcohol pricing was mentioned in the release of The House of Commons Briefing Paper 'Alcohol: Minimum Pricing'. The Lancet paper 'Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on different income and socioeconomic groups: a modelling study' from 2014 was cited in the Parliamentary paper published in January this year.

Here is the Altmetric data from the first three months of 2017.

HEDS Altmetric data from first quarter of 2017

HEDS in the media in 2016

HEDS’ research and collaborations receive a lot of coverage in the press and across social and traditional media platforms. We have looked back over the past year to pick out a few highlights from some of our work that received coverage and how far it reached across social media and other notable web citations.

According to Altmetric.com our research and collaborations with external partners recieved 4,756 mentions in 2016 with a couple of weeks still to go. Altmetric tracks all of our research outputs, so many of the new mentions were also for research pre-2016, but we will take a look at a few of the notable highlights from this year’s outputs.

HEDS Altmetric data for 2016

Of the mentions, 105 were news items, our research was cited in 24 policy documents and 17 Wikipedia citations. On social media our research was mentioned in 4,391 Tweets, 121 Facebook Shares and 17 Google+ shares. whilst it was linked and featured on 72 blog posts, mentioned on open peer review and ranked on Reddit on a handful of occasions. Our research and collaborations were Tweeted about in 34 different countries with the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada and Spain being the most prominent communicators.

It is important to say that this is the research mentions we are aware of, as Altmetric can only track research that has some kind of digital object identifier - such as a PubMed ID - in the communications.

Our Sheffield Alcohol Research Group continued their strong research output alongside collaborators again. ‘Are recent attempts to quit smoking associated with reduced drinking in England? A cross-sectional population survey’ received a lot of attention with 34 mentions in the news media. Top Sante, Metro News, NHS Choices, Google News alongside many regional news publications ran stories based on the conclusions from the research.

Dr Andrew Booth’s paper ‘Searching for qualitative research for inclusion in systematic reviews: a structured methodological review’ received a lot of traction thanks to 216 Tweets as well as a mention on the Evidently Cochrane Blog.

Building the Evidence Base of Blood-Based Biomarkers for Early Detection of Cancer: A Rapid Systematic Mapping Review was mentioned by a dozen news outlets. The research was featured in news by Science Daily, Genomeweb, Medical News Today, Health Medicine Network and Health Canal among others. The work was done by Lesley Utley, Helen Buckley Woods and Susan Harnan with collaborators based at institutions in the Midlands.

HEDS media coverage for the past quarter according to Altmetric.com

Every three months we take a quick look at the altmetric data behind our output to see how HEDS research is being received and where in the world we have reached. Altmetric data looks at everything from tweets to news and media coverage as well as citations in Wikipedia and policy documents to name but a few. 

Over the summer months we have seen a lot of attention on social media according to Altmetric.com. Our research and collaborations have received 574 mentions with 55 mentions in the news, nine blog entries and four wikipedia mentions. Twitter is always very busy and HEDS' research and collaborations was tweeted 490 times over the course of the last three months. Below is some of the highlighted coverage.

Professor Alan Brennan, Dr Duncan Gillespie and John Holmes' collaboration with various colleagues across the UK on smoking cessation and reduced drinking received a lot of media attention. The Daily Mail alongside many regional newspapers covered the story whilst it was picked up internationally by The Australian Doctor, Metro News in France and Top Santé magazine.

Are recent attempts to quit smoking associated with reduced drinking in England? A cross-sectional population survey

Lead author Lesley Uttley alongside Helen Buckley Woods, Susan Harnan and external collaborators received media coverage for their paper: Building the Evidence Base of Blood-Based Biomarkers for Early Detection of Cancer: A Rapid Systematic Mapping Review

The research gained coverage on several online media sites including Health Medicine Network, Science 2.0, Health Canal and Medical News Today. There was coverage on the Bionalysis Zone Blog as well as several readers on Mendeley saving the research in their library.

The Health Technology Assessment "Longer term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture care to patients with chronic low back pain" was cited in the  recent Huffington Post article Managing Pain without Opioids. HEDS Professor John Brazier collaborated with ScHARR colleagues and external partners to publish the report back in 2005. 

HEDS research and collaborations were Tweeted across the globe with a fifth of all geo-tagged tweets coming from North America. Whilst the paper; Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health Care Programmes – A Methodological Case Study of the UK Bowel Cancer Screening Programme was freshly cited on two Wikipedia entries. The paper was a collaboration between Dr Paul Tappenden, Dr Sophie Whyte and external research partners in 2014.

HEDS Research in the news and social media

We are already halfway through 2016 - where has the first half gone already - and thought it would be good to show where some of HEDS research has been featuring across the web. In the last six months our research and colleagues have had 1,286 mentions across the web according to Altmetric.com. We have featured on 24 news platforms, 10 blogs as well as cited in a policy document. We've also been cited in five Wikipedia entries as well as just over 1,211 Tweets. That said, the data does not tell a whole picture, as we are only able to track our research, or research HEDS colleagues are involved in via tracking things such as DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers), PMIDs, ISBNs among other things. No doubt we are big news in Guatemala right now and just don't know about it.

Where HEDS have been talked about on the web

Our work with ScHARR public health colleagues on alcohol policy has again featured widely on the web with our PLoS Medicine article 'Estimated Effects of Different Alcohol Taxation and Price Policies on Health Inequalities' was picked up by Science Daily, Medical News Today and EurekAlert! among others. The Sheffield Alcohol Research Group also gained coverage for their paper: Developing a Social Practice-Based Typology of British Drinking Culture 2009-2011: Implications for Alcohol Policy Analysis. The research was covered in The Conversation with a piece from our public health colleague Dr John Holmes as well as the online research news sites Futurity and EuerkaAlert!

We were able to see some of our older research cited as a HTA report co-authored by Professor Simon Dixon on Psychological Treatment for Insomnia in the Regulation of Long-Term Hypnotic Drug Use gained . The report has now been cited on the Wiukipedia entries for Zopiclone and for Benzodiazepine Dependence. A piece published on The Huffington Post about treating insomnia also cited the report in June, as did the website Psychology Today.

Andrew Booth's Systematic Review paper

Finally Dr Andrew Booth's paper; Searching for Qualitative Research for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews: a Structured Methodological Review received a lot of attention on Twitter. The paper which was published in May received attention in Ireland, Canada, Australia and Spain in addition to other countries.

The mentioned publications can be sourced below.

Estimated Effects of Different Alcohol Taxation and Price Policies on Health Inequalities
http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001963

Developing a Social Practice-Based Typology of British Drinking Culture 2009-2011: Implications for Alcohol Policy Analysis
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.13397/abstract;jsessionid=87B5EE94F7C303CA3CBD8C617F156148.f02t02

Psychological Treatment for Insomnia in the Regulation of Long-Term Hypnotic Drug Use
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14960254

Searching for Qualitative Research for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews: a Structured Methodological Review
http://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-016-0249-x

Two new books from HEDS

Books are like buses, you wait ages for one to come along and two come at the same time, or something like that. This is the case in HEDS, Information Resources as Andy Tattersall and his and colleague Anthea Sutton alongside fellow ScHARR library and information guru Andrew Booth have published books.

Anthea and Andrew's book, Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review is a second edition of their popular book for Sage and an essential read for anyone wanting to conduct a high quality literature review. Fellow ScHARR colleague and previous member of Information Resources Diana Papaioannou also contributed to the title which came out this month. Whilst Andy has delivered an edited book for Facet that looks at Altmetrics and the potential for research and libraries.

Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review

Showing you how to take a structured and organized approach to a wide range of literature review types, this book helps you to choose which approach is right for your research. Packed with constructive tools, examples, case studies and hands-on exercises, the book covers the full range of literature review techniques,

New to this edition:

· Full re-organization takes you step-by-step through the process from beginning to end

· New chapter showing you how to choose the right method for your project

· Practical guidance on integrating qualitative and quantitative data

· New coverage of rapid reviews

· Comprehensive inclusion of literature review tools, including concept analysis, scoping and mapping

With an emphasis on the practical skills, this guide is essential for any student or researcher needing to get from first steps to a successful literature review.

To purchase a copy

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=300105#.V3PvSRUrLcs

Altmetrics
A practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics

Whilst Andy Tattersall has published an edited book for Facet Books on the topic of altmetrics. The book also features a chapter from the ever busy Andrew Booth and fellow Information Resources member Claire Beecroft. There are also contributions from Euan Adie at Altmetric.com, Ben Showers who has published previously for Facet on the topic of bibliometrics, and a chapter from William Gunn at Mendeley.

The book also came out this month and hopes to bridge the gap between practitioner and giving advice for library, information professionals and academics how they best make use of altmetrics. 

This book gives an overview of altmetrics, its tools and how to implement them successfully to boost and measure research outputs.

New methods of scholarly communication and dissemination of information are having a huge impact on how academics and researchers build profiles and share research. This groundbreaking and highly practical guide looks at the role that library and information professionals can play in facilitating these new ways of working and demonstrating impact and influence.

Altmetrics focuses on research artefact level metrics that are not exclusive to traditional journal papers but also extend to book chapters, posters and data sets, among other items. This book explains the theory behind altmetrics, including how it came about, why it can help academics and where it sits amongst current measurements of impact.

To purchase a copy

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=300105#.V3PvSRUrLcs

HEDS in the News and Media

Image: AJC ajcann.wordpress.com

Every three months we'll take a look back at which HEDS research has been mentioned in news and web dispatches according to Altmetric.com. We've picked out a few of the articles from the extensive HEDS back catalogue that have received some form of coverage since the start of the year.

One of the latest outputs from the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG), based in Public Health in collaboration with HEDS colleagues published Estimated Effects of Different Alcohol Taxation and Price Policies on Health Inequalities: A Mathematical Modelling Study. The PLoS paper was covered in ScienceDaily, Medical News Today, BioPortfolio and EurekAlert!

Members of SARG, Professor Alan Brennan and Colin Angus' also collaborated on the paper; 'Measurable effects of local alcohol licensing policies on population health in England' which was cited on the Mental Elf website and OnMedica News. The paper also received news coverage in late 2015 via Health Canal, Medical News Today, Economic Voice and EurekaAlert!

Professor Simon Dixon's co-authored paper from 2006 in PharmacoEconomics; 'Incorporating carer effects into economic evaluation' was recently cited in a post on STAT titled 'Why some drug prices should be high'.

Whilst the Nursing Times cited a report co-authored by Sue Ward; 'Transitions to palliative care for older people in acute hospitals: a mixed-methods study' in their article: 'Better endings: a review of end-of-life services'

Along with Wikipedia citations, Mendeley saves, news coverage and Tweets, HEDS received 689 mentions according to Altmetric.com in the last three months.

The Top 10 Articles Published by HEDS staff in 2015

2015 was a busy year for HEDS researchers and below we present the top 10 publications according to their altmetric score. Altmetrics are alternative indicators for scholarly reach and creates an altmetric score based on Tweets, Mendeley saves, blog posts, media coverage and Facebook Shares among other indicators. 191 articles were included in the data, which are HEDS publications mentioned in the last year, but not exclusive to 2015. According to the altmetric data HEDS publications were covered in 22 News stories, 23 blogs, 12 policy documents, 8 Wikipedia entries, was subject to 1509 Tweets and 71 Facebook shares. The data was gartered between 18th January 2015 to 18th January 2016.

Below is the table to the top 10 with Andrew Booth taking top spot with a paper he co-authored in PLOS. The paper was Tweeted 290 times, saved to Mendeley 49 times, CiteUlike 4 times and blogged once. Not all publications covered in the complete list was published in 2015, but were still communicated and shared in 2015, thus showing the long tail of our research.
The full list of research included in the 2015 export can be viewed here:
HEDS Altmetrics Chart 2015 

Top 10 HEDS Publications according to Altmetric.com

We can also see from the data the publications HEDS staff published the most in with our HTA Reports taking top spot. As for the journals, Value in Health hosted no less than 11 articles and PharmacoEconomics publishing eight papers.

Top 10 Most Popular Publications for HEDS staff in 2015

Finally we can see the reach of our research on Twitter with 51% of Tweets happening outside of the UK, with over 200 North American Tweeters sharing our research, making up for 20% of all HEDS research Tweets in 2015.

How HEDS Research was Tweeted in 2015