The status of altmerics of the articles published in Iranian cardiovascular journals indexed in Scopus by using the PlumX during 2014-2016

Aim. The aim of this study is assessment the status of altmerics of the articles in the Iranian Cardiovascular journals indexed in Scopus by using the PlumX during 2014-2016. Background. With the change in the pattern of accessing to the electronic content of journals, new spaces for scientific and research evaluations have emerged in different ways. Plam Analytics strives to provide research metrics for all types of the research outputs. Method. The purpose of this study is descriptive and applied in a descriptive study. The number of active Iranian cardiovascular journals in Scopus is based on the SCImago over a defined period include ARYA Atherosclerosis ، International Cardiovascular Research Journal, Journal of Tehran University Heart Center and Iranian Heart Journal , which had published 671 articles on the Scopus and all were included in the study. Findings. The results showed that the number of usage of articles in journals of ARYA Atherosclerosis, Journal of Tehran University Heart Center and Iranian Heart Journal was zero and the rate of usage of articles published by International Cardiovascular Research Journal were 130 times. Results showed that the number of the capture of articles published by ARYA Atherosclerosis were 134 times, International Cardiovascular Research Journal were ,347Journal of Tehran University Heart Center was 195 and Iranian Heart Journal was 223. The results showed that the number of presence of articles published by the Iranian journals in the cardiovascular field indexed in Scopus on social networks and mention to these articles was zero. A total of 671 articles were cited 1030 times. Conclusion. The results of this study showed that PlumX indices in the Iranian cardiovascular articles were very low and in some cases was zero.