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

Sousa, João; Alves, Inês N; Sargento-Freitas, João; Donato, Helena

doi:10.1177/17474930221136704

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“…The results of this study suggest that there is a relationship between a journal's Twitter activity and its SJR score. This is consistent with previous studies that have also found an association between Twitter activity and SJR, specifically with the number of followers [10,11,[14][15][16]. However, these studies only looked within one specialty, not across multiple specialties as in this analysis.…”

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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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confidence: 90%

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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“…In summary, although social media is seen as a new tool in impact assessment in the literature, the findings of our study suggest otherwise. (12) In conclusion, although it is commonly thought that journals actively using social media have higher Impact Factors (IF) and that there is a strong relationship between the impact power and social media activity, our study has found no difference in average activity, number of shares, likes, comments, and RTs as IF increases. On the other hand, journals with high IF, even when making a similar number of posts and receiving a similar number of likes, comments, and RTs, tend to have more followers, a higher total number of shares, and a greater average number of views.…”

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Social media interaction of publications in the field of general surgery: A comparative analysis of the twitter performances of Q1 medical journals with their impact factor

ERTENLİCE

2024

Archives of Current Medical Research

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Background: It is a well-known fact that social media has the power to reach a great number of audiences through robust information, interaction, and communication. Twitter is also known to be one of the strongest social media tools, which is especially known for its high volume of information sharing. In this study it is aimed to analyse the relationship between the impact factor (IF) of Quartiles1(Q1) journals in the field of General Surgery and their performances on Twitter. Method: Surgical Q1 journals have been listed. While creating the list, journals without a Twitter account have been excluded from the study. The IF of the journals has been compared with their total shares, comments, likes, retweets, total views, followers, and total shares for all time between June 1st, 2023, and November 30th, 2023. Results: Results indicated moderate positive correlations between IF and engagement metrics like shares, comments, likes, and retweets, with follower count and total shares showing stronger statistically significant correlation. Conclusion: No comparative relationship or correlation is found between the parameters of the last six months and the IF. Only, a correlation has been observed with the total number of views within the last six months. A correlation is noted between the number of followers and the total number of shares for all time. These results are attributed to the fact that journals with a high IF are established and respected and lead to these outcomes even if they share at similar rates as other journals.

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“…There is some evidence that tweeted stroke articles may improve the citation rates of the article. [ 26 ] This is an area of future research and deserves further exploration.…”

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Use of Social Media in Stroke: A Systematic Review

Garg

Agarwal

Srivastava

et al. 2023

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

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Background: Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability globally. Over the last decade, digital health and related technology has emerged as a useful adjunct in the management of persons with stroke, particularly with the development of a large number of mobile phone applications dedicated to various aspects of stroke. However, whether social media can provide similar key support in stroke is an intriguing question. In this systematic review, we aimed to the scope and limits of social media platforms in care and research pertinent to persons with stroke. Methods: PubMed database was searched using Medical Subject Headings terms and exploded keywords. The search retrieved 556 abstracts, which were screened by two reviewers. Of these, 14 studies met the review inclusion criteria. Given the small number of studies and heterogeneity of outcomes, quantitative analysis was not possible. The review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022324384). Results: The social media platforms employed by the included studies comprised YouTube (n = 5), Twitter (n = 5), Facebook (n = 2), both Twitter and Facebook (n = 1), and WhatsApp (n = 1). Four assessed quality and accuracy of videos on YouTube available for stoke patients and caregivers. Three used social media to research link between role of gender and stroke descriptors on social media platforms, and one studied Twitter-derived racial/ethnic perceptual construction on the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. Three studies described use of social media by stroke survivors, in post-stroke care and engagement. 11 studies were assessed to be of “fair” quality and three were assessed to be of “poor” quality. Conclusions: Limited preliminary data of low quality indicates that social media is used by persons with stroke and their caregivers, and may be harnessed as a tool of education and research. Future studies must address the current lack of high-quality evidence for the use of social media in stroke care.

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

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 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

Social media interaction of publications in the field of general surgery: A comparative analysis of the twitter performances of Q1 medical journals with their impact factor

Use of Social Media in Stroke: A Systematic Review

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