Measuring altmetrics indicators in AREEO researchers' articles in Scopus

The overall goal of this research is to measure the impact of the articles of the Agricultural Research, Education, and Promotion Organization researchers using altmetrics indicators in the Scopus citation database from 2018 to 2020. 3748 scientific works of Iranian researchers have formed the statistical community of the research. To conduct the research, first, the information related to the organization's researchers' articles in the Scopus database was extracted from the organization's scient metric system, and the retrieved articles were entered into the Excel software based on the output report (title of the article, year of publication, name of the journal, and number of received citations). The results were presented using descriptive and analytical statistical methods, various metrics related to 5 altmetrics indicators were presented in tables, and the number of citations received in Scopus was analyzed by Spearman's rank correlation using SPSS software. The results were presented in the form of tables and analyzed using SPSS software using descriptive and analytical statistical methods. The results of the present study showed 3701 (99%) had at least one altmetrics index, and 3246 articles (87%) were cited. The process of receiving altmetrics indicators has relatively increased in this period of time.