Making and Measuring an Impact in a Digital World: The Role of Social Media and the Medical Journal

Widera, Eric; Trucil, Daniel E.; Smith, Alexander K.

doi:10.1111/jgs.15859

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“…Previous studies have investigated the impact that other social media, such as Facebook or Instagram, have on a journal's impact [17][18][19][20][21]. All of these studies have shown that engagement on social media is predictive of journals having a greater impact.…”

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Tweeting for Success: The Role of Twitter in Enhancing SCImago Journal Rank for Specialty Surgical Journals

Patel¹,

Camacho²,

Pandit³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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BackgroundThe cornerstone of surgical education and practice is the surgical journal, but the ability to disperse the vital information within their pages had previously been limited. The use of Twitter by surgical journals has increased in recent years and has allowed these journals to reach a wider audience than they previously could. In this article, we discuss the role Twitter engagement has on a journal's impact factor, visibility, and prestige. MethodsThe authors compiled a list of journals using the SciMago Journal and Country rank platform. Included journals' Twitter profiles were then assessed using Twitonomy, an online platform that collects and processes data regarding individual Twitter profiles. Statistical analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between Twitter use and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR). ResultsSimple linear regression and multiple linear regression models determined that the only variables that had a statistically significant impact on all journals were the age of the Twitter account (p=0.003) and the percentage of retweets (p=0.001). When it comes to specialty-specific journals, further analysis showed that the only significant factor regarding its impact on SJR was the percentage of retweets (p=0.007). ConclusionsSurgical journals' regular use of Twitter is important in the dissemination of important information to a wide audience. This article shows that the most important variable to determine the impact and visibility of a surgical journal is the percentage of retweets. Further research should be performed to better understand how to use Twitter and other social media platforms to reach a larger audience.

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Tweeting for Success: The Role of Twitter in Enhancing SCImago Journal Rank for Specialty Surgical Journals

Patel¹,

Camacho²,

Pandit³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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“…7 The social media strategy for the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society included (1) allowing one color figure or visual per article for free; (2) encouraging the use of infographics or a chart or graph that represents the main findings of the article in tweets was evaluated before and after, and online mentions (measured via Altmetrics) increased significantly. 8,9 Similarly, the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy sought to identify if there was an association between social media posts about research articles and subsequent citations. They also used Altmetrics and found Twitter (tweets) had the largest predictive value, with Facebook and Mendeley also having a positive correlation.…”

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Analysis of Tweeting on Journal Usage and Identification of Nursing Journals Using Social Media

Waldrop

Dunlap

2021

CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing

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Current Trends in Using Social Media Professionally

Schmidt

2023

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

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Making and Measuring an Impact in a Digital World: The Role of Social Media and the Medical Journal

Abstract: This editorial comments on the article by https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15853 in this issue.

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Tweeting for Success: The Role of Twitter in Enhancing SCImago Journal Rank for Specialty Surgical Journals

Tweeting for Success: The Role of Twitter in Enhancing SCImago Journal Rank for Specialty Surgical Journals

Analysis of Tweeting on Journal Usage and Identification of Nursing Journals Using Social Media

Current Trends in Using Social Media Professionally

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