Presence of social media mentions for vascular surgery publications is associated with an increased number of literature citations

Chau, Marvin; Ramedani, Shayann; King, Tonya S.; Aziz, Faisal

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2020.09.029

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“…The results of our study are consistent with others of various medical specialties [9,11,12,20,21]. Twitter mentions have led to a 2.3-fold increase in Google Scholar citations for urology publications [15], a 1.6-fold increase for otolaryngology publications [9], and a 2.7-fold increase for vascular surgery publications [20].…”

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Twitter Mentions Influence Academic Citation Count of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Publications

Sudah¹,

Faccone²,

Nasra³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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BackgroundSocial media use among scholars and journals is growing and has augmented the academic impact of published articles in several areas of medicine. However, the influence of social media postings on academic citations of shoulder and elbow surgery publications is not known. In this study, we sought (1) to quantify the adoption of Twitter use for the dissemination of research publications by three prominent shoulder and elbow surgery journals and (2) to determine the correlation between Twitter mentions and academic citations in shoulder and elbow surgery publications. MethodologyA total of 396 original research articles from three shoulder and elbow surgery journals (Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES), Shoulder & Elbow, and JSES International) published in 2018 were assessed 34 to 45 months after print publication. For each article, the total number of Twitter mentions were obtained using Altmetric Bookmarklet and grouped into those tweeted by authors, an official outlet, or a third party. Article citation data was obtained using the Google Scholar search engine. Pearson correlation was used to determine the association between the number of Twitter mentions and citation count. ResultsOf all articles, 51% (202/396) had at least one Twitter mention. Of all Twitter mentions, 12.7% (367/2,879) occurred within the first week of online publication dates, while 51.5% (1,482/2,879) occurred between online and print publication dates. Articles mentioned on Twitter had 1.3-fold more Google Scholar citations (17.7 ± 15.2) than articles with no Twitter mentions (14.0 ± 15.7) (p = 0.017). The number of Twitter mentions had a weakly positive correlation with academic citation count (r = 0.25; p < 0.001). No significant difference in academic citation rates was found between articles tweeted by authors or official outlets when compared to articles tweeted by a third party only (p = 0.97 and p = 0.34, respectively). ConclusionsApproximately half of shoulder and elbow surgery publications are shared on Twitter, with the majority of the activity occurring prior to their print publication date. The finding that tweeted articles have more academic citations within three years of release suggests that social media activity seems to amplify the academic impact of shoulder and elbow surgery publications.

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confidence: 91%

“…In recent years, several academic journals have adopted Twitter handles to augment their online presence [20]. Social media use among medical journals has been shown to increase journal page views [1,22], journal citations [23], and journal impact factors [24].…”

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Twitter Mentions Influence Academic Citation Count of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Publications

Sudah¹,

Faccone²,

Nasra³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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“…[3][4][5]7 Similarly, Twitter activity of stroke articles appears to be superior to articles of other areas in medicine as we found the majority (79%) of stroke articles to be mentioned in Twitter. 8 This may be explained by the amount and diversity of practitioners involved in stroke care.…”

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The Twitter factor: How does Twitter impact #Stroke journals and citation rates?

Sousa

Alves

Sargento-Freitas

et al. 2022

International Journal of Stroke

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BACKGROUND Twitter is a social media platform popularly used by health practitioners, a trend that has been followed by medical journals. The impact of Twitter in bibliometrics of stroke-related literature is yet to be determined. AIMS We aimed to qualitatively assess the usage of Twitter by stroke journals and study the relationship between Twitter activity and citation rates of stroke articles. METHODS We used Journal Citation Reports to identify stroke journals. We collected the 2021 Impact Factor (IF) and the top 50 articles contributing to each journal IF. Relevant metrics were collected through Twitonomy, Altmetric and Web of Science. The association between Twitter activity and citation rates was tested by a negative binomial regression model adjusted to journal’s IF. A bivariate correlation and a log-linear regression model adjusted to journal’s IF tested the relationship between number of tweets, tweeters and the number of citations. RESULTS We collected 450 articles across 9 stroke-dedicated journals, five of which had a Twitter account. Only 95 (21%) articles had no Twitter mentions. The median number of citations in articles with versus without Twitter activity was 19 (10-39) vs 11(7-17) (P<0.001). Twitter activity was associated with higher citation rates controlling for the IF (OR: 2.7, 95%CI 2.12-3.38, P<0.001). We found number of tweets to be predicted by the number of citations controlling for the IF (B=0.33, 95%CI 0.29-0.40, β=0.54, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Tweeted stroke articles tend to have higher citation rates which can be predicted by the number of tweets.

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“…The AAS across all five journals ranged from 0 to 465 (mean 12.51 AE 33.7; median 3), being 'Association of Vitamin A Intake With Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Risk in the United States' by Kim J. et al the one with the highest score. 7 Data concerning the characteristics of these studies are summarised in Table S1.…”

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Factors associated with high Altmetric Attention Score in dermatology research

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Presence of social media mentions for vascular surgery publications is associated with an increased number of literature citations

Cited by 23 publications

References 18 publications

Twitter Mentions Influence Academic Citation Count of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Publications

Twitter Mentions Influence Academic Citation Count of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Publications

The Twitter factor: How does Twitter impact #Stroke journals and citation rates?

Factors associated with high Altmetric Attention Score in dermatology research

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