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    Measuring Societal Impact: An Altmetrics Analysis of SDG Research in Sustainability Journal
    (INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar, 2025-12-08) kushwaha, Sagar Singh; Singh, Milan; Verma, Nitesh Kumar
    Scholarly interest in social media has increased, prompting researchers to incorporate these platforms into their studies. The study utilises altmetric analysis to determine whether the Altmetric Attention Score is a good representative for citation counts and whether it can accurately complement traditional research metrics. The study consists of 4,859 documents published in 2018 in the journal Sustainability, and only about one-fifth of the articles had an AAS greater than 1. The mean AAS was 2, while the median AAS stood at 0. Regarding citations, the average number was 23.44 (95% CI: 22.55-24.32), whereas the average AAS was 2.08 (95% CI: 1.9-2.4) for documents published in 2018. Spearman correlation analysis was utilised to evaluate the relationship between altmetrics and citation counts using SPSS software. The findings revealed a weak positive correlation (r = 0.20) between AAS and the number of citations. Significant interactions were noted on Twitter, where AAS demonstrated a strong positive correlation (r = 0.74). Furthermore, AAS and policy-related sources showed a positive correlation (r = 0.42). The analysis revealed a weak correlation among online sources and a negative correlation with blogs and patents. However, it showed a moderate correlation with policy sources, indicating that AAS may help predict the influence of research related to the Sustainable Development Goals. The impact of social media on engagement with sustainability journals is limited due to mixed responses from scholars and low public awareness of SDG research