In the past year, Altmetric has tracked over 17 million mentions of 2.7 million different research outputs and selected the top 100 most-discussed journal articles of 2016. Altmetric tracks mentions of works on social media, mainstream media, blogs, and other platforms. Four of the 100 articles were authored by authors from Washington University.
Rank: 19 of 100.
WU Author: Richard Hotchkiss
Rank: 47 of 100.
WU Authors: David Van Essen, Matthew F. Glasser, Timothy S. Coalson, John Harwell and Carl D. Hacker
Article: Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011
Rank: 68 of 100.
WU Authors: Jay Piccirillo and Jason Newland
Article: Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Risk of 26 Types of Cancer in 1.44 Million Adults
Rank: 81 of 100.
WU Author: Yikyung Park