Table 3.

Spearman correlation results between pairs of variables for tissue engineering articles published from 2015 to 2018.^a

	WoSb	News	Blogs	Policy	Twitter	Patents	Peer review	Weibo	Facebook	Wikipedia	Google	Reddit	F1000	Q&A	Video
WoS
News	0.144
Blogs	0.137	0.387
Policy	0.049	0.065	0.064
Twitter	0.176	0.149	0.158	0.009
Patents	0.114	0.093	0.09	–0.009	–0.068
Peer review	–0.006	–0.01	0.136	–0.001	–0.006	–0.009
Weibo	0.04	0.108	0.108	–0.002	0.063	–0.011	–0.002
Facebook	0.064	0.2	0.213	0.046	0.213	0.047	–0.014	0.081
Wikipedia	0.076	0.072	0.073	–0.004	0.073	0.032	–0.004	0.14	0.039
Google	0.071	0.109	0.184	0.138	0.073	0.013	–0.005	0.11	0.184	0.086
Reddit	–0.012	0.008	0.028	–0.005	–0.015	–0.03	–0.005	0.118	0.016	–0.013	0.025
F1000	0.054	0.036	0.063	–0.003	0.05	0.013	–0.003	0.164	0.015	0.063	0.046	–0.011
Q&A	0.003	–0.007	–0.007	–0.001	–0.004	–0.006	–0.001	–0.001	–0.01	–0.003	–0.003	–0.003	–0.002
Video	–0.033	0.008	0.036	–0.003	0.006	–0.02	–0.003	–0.004	0.061	–0.009	–0.011	–0.011	–0.008	–0.002
Mendeley Readers	0.716	0.198	0.197	0.021	0.243	0.104	–0.025	0.049	0.107	0.077	0.098	0.012	0.067	0.008	0.03

^aItalicized values mean P<.05.

^bWoS: Web of Science.