Quality of papers assessed by policy documents, faculty opinion and Mendeley counts in Altmetric sources.

This article discusses the use of policy documents, faculty opinions, and Mendeley counts in assessing the quality of research articles in the field of anaesthesia and pain medicine. The study found that policy documents and faculty opinions, which are included in the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) algorithm, rarely cite or recommend articles, and do not correlate with the Altmetric Impact Factor (AIF). However, there was a strong correlation between AIF and readership counts from Mendeley. The authors conclude that policy documents and faculty opinions are not reliable indicators of academic quality, while Mendeley readership counts may be more useful. [Extracted from the article]