Visual Abstracts: Redesigning the Landscape of Research Dissemination

Ramos, Everly; Concepcion, Beatrice P.

doi:10.1016/j.semnephrol.2020.04.008

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“…Only a few studies have looked at visual abstracts and their ability to promote articles [23]. In the previously mentioned Ibrahim et al [7] study, including a visual abstract resulted in a 7-fold increase in impressions, an 8-fold increase in retweets, and a nearly 3-fold increase in article visits.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Views: A Triple Crossover Trial of Visual Abstracts to Examine Their Impact on Research Dissemination (Preprint)

Oska¹,

Lerma²,

Topf³

2020

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BACKGROUND The visual abstract is a graphic summary of a research article’s question, methods and major findings. Though they have a number of uses, they are chiefly used to promote a research article on social media. OBJECTIVE To determine if the use of visual abstracts increases the visibility of nephrology research shared on Twitter. METHODS A prospective case-control crossover study was conducted using 40 research articles published in the American Journal of Nephrology (AJN). Each article was shared by the AJN Twitter account in 3 formats: as the article citation, as the citation with a key-figure from the article, and as the citation with a visual abstract. Tweets were spaced every two weeks to allow washout of the previous tweet, and the order of the tweets was randomized. Dissemination was measured via retweets, views, number of link clicks, and Altmetric scores. RESULTS Tweets that contain a visual abstract had more than twice as many views as text only tweets (1,351 ± 1,053 vs 639 ± 343) and nearly twice as many views as key-figure tweets (1,351 ± 1,053 vs 732 ± 464). Visual abstract tweets had 5-times the engagements of citation-only and more than 3.5-times the engagements of key-figure tweets. CONCLUSIONS Tweets that contain a visual abstract had more than twice as many views as text only tweets (1,351 ± 1,053 vs 639 ± 343) and nearly twice as many views as key-figure tweets (1,351 ± 1,053 vs 732 ± 464). Visual abstract tweets had 5-times the engagements of citation-only and more than 3.5-times the engagements of key-figure tweets.

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confidence: 99%

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Views: A Triple Crossover Trial of Visual Abstracts to Examine Their Impact on Research Dissemination (Preprint)

Oska¹,

Lerma²,

Topf³

2020

Preprint

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“…Visual abstracts were first introduced in The Annals of Surgery in July 2016. Since then more than 77 journals [1][2][3][4] have adopted this format for the modern pathway to dissemination of scientific information. Abdominal Radiology published the first visual abstract on 20 June 2020.…”

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Visual abstract for Abdominal Radiology: what it is, why we need it and how to make it

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The visual abstract is a short visual summary of the paper's key points. There are two main characteristics of the visual abstract. First, it should be brief and convey just the most relevant message of the paper. The visual abstract is not expected to be a comprehensive synopsis of the paper, but rather it is designed to allow the reader to skim through multiple abstracts to grasp the key findings. The visual abstract should also be self-explanatory. Its main objective is to engage the reader's interest in order for them to read the entire manuscript. Furthermore, the visual abstract should highlight the most important aspect in a visual format. The main points should be conveyed through graphical images such as figures, diagrams or illustrations. The text should be kept to a minimum and font size large enough to allow for immediate and easy understanding.

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“…Communication through images requires less labor, time and fewer skills to understand than reading a text and it also reduces the possibility of misunderstanding the message [ 13 ]. It uses human beings’ inherent ability to promptly identify, process and retain images [ 15 ]. On the other hand, building an image-based message requires more time and skills.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The need for an effective way for scientific communication to fit social media network requirements was observed in 2016 by Dr. Andrew Ibrahim, Creative Director at Annals of Surgery , who introduced Visual Abstracts (VAs) [ 11 , 15 ]. VAs are described as a “ single-page, multiplane, visual explanation of the study’s story ” and “is designed to rapidly, visually, and memorably communicate the core concept of the study” [ 11 ].…”

Section: Improving Communication: a Game Changermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…VAs were not designed to replace conventional texts and, similar to text abstracts, the aim of a VA is to provide useful information to help the reader decide if the full article is worth reading [ 11 , 15 ]. The results of a case–control crossover study showed that VAs are associated with higher levels of research dissemination (7.7-fold increase in impressions and 2.7 increase in accessing the full article link) [ 16 ].…”

Section: Improving Communication: a Game Changermentioning

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A perspective on retina education through social media

Guerra¹

2020

Int J Retin Vitr

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Since the beginning of the Internet, new ways of providing medical education have emerged. Social media networks are one of the most influential communication tools and allow content sharing, collaborative modification and interaction. Its relevance for teaching and learning in medical education has been extensively studied. These new media have also heightened the need for a new way of communication. The purpose of this article is to discuss the value of communication in medical education through social media and present an eight-year personal experience on this field.

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Visual Abstracts: Redesigning the Landscape of Research Dissemination

Cited by 33 publications

References 13 publications

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Views: A Triple Crossover Trial of Visual Abstracts to Examine Their Impact on Research Dissemination (Preprint)

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Views: A Triple Crossover Trial of Visual Abstracts to Examine Their Impact on Research Dissemination (Preprint)

Visual abstract for Abdominal Radiology: what it is, why we need it and how to make it

A perspective on retina education through social media

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