There is currently a paucity of evidence‐based strategies that have been shown to increase citations of peer‐reviewed articles following their publication. We conducted a 12‐month randomized controlled trial to examine whether the promotion of article links in an online cross‐publisher distribution platform (TrendMD) affects citations. In all, 3,200 articles published in 64 peer‐reviewed journals across eight subject areas were block randomized at the subject level to either the TrendMD group (n = 1,600) or the control group (n = 1,600) of the study. Our primary outcome compares the mean citations of articles randomized to TrendMD versus control after 12 months. Articles randomized to TrendMD showed a 50% increase in mean citations relative to control at 12 months. The difference in mean citations at 12 months for articles randomized to TrendMD versus control was 5.06, 95% confidence interval [2.87, 7.25], was statistically significant (p < .001) and found in three of eight subject areas. At 6 months following publication, articles randomized to TrendMD showed a smaller, yet statistically significant (p = .005), 21% increase in mean citations, relative to control. To our knowledge, this is the first randomized controlled trial to demonstrate how an intervention can be used to increase citations of peer‐reviewed articles after they have been published.

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跨出版商分发平台中推广文章的引用优势：一项为期 12 个月的随机对照试验

目前缺乏基于证据的策略，这些策略已被证明可以增加同行评审文章发表后的引用。我们进行了一项为期 12 个月的随机对照试验，以检查在在线跨出版商分发平台 (TrendMD) 中推广文章链接是否会影响引用。总共有 3,200 篇发表在 8 个学科领域的 64 种同行评审期刊上的文章在学科水平上随机分组到 TrendMD 组（n = 1,600）或研究的对照组（n = 1,600）。我们的主要结果比较了 12 个月后随机分配到 TrendMD 与对照组的文章的平均引用次数。随机分配到 TrendMD 的文章在 12 个月时显示相对于对照的平均引用增加了 50%。随机分配到 TrendMD 与对照组的文章在 12 个月时的平均引用数差异为 5.06，95% 置信区间 [2.87, 7.25]，具有统计学显着性 (p < .001)，并且在八个学科领域中的三个领域中发现。在发表后 6 个月，随机分配到 TrendMD 的文章显示出较小但具有统计学意义（p = .005），相对于对照组，平均引用次数增加了 21%。据我们所知，这是第一个随机对照试验，展示了如何使用干预措施来增加发表后同行评审文章的引用。但具有统计学意义 (p = .005)，相对于对照组，平均引用次数增加了 21%。据我们所知，这是第一个随机对照试验，展示了如何使用干预措施来增加发表后同行评审文章的引用。但具有统计学意义 (p = .005)，相对于对照组，平均引用次数增加了 21%。据我们所知，这是第一个随机对照试验，展示了如何使用干预措施来增加发表后同行评审文章的引用。