Relationship between Twitter and Radiology Journal Citations

Pozdnyakov, Alex; Abdullah, Peri; Alabousi, Mostafa; Alabousi, Abdullah; Al-Ghita, Mohammed Kashif; Al-Ghetaa, Rayeh Kashef; Gappasov, Andrey; Patlas, Michael N.

doi:10.1148/radiol.2021204655

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“…16,32 As social media activity throughout health care has increased—despite the disparate publication timelines between immediately available Twitter mentions and delayed-release academic citations—research 1 suggests that Twitter engagement is positively associated with academic scholarship. In 2011, Eysenbach 1 compared Twitter mentions versus academic citations within 1 health care journal over 3 years and found that “highly tweeted articles were 11 times more likely to be highly cited than less-tweeted articles.” The impact of Twitter on bibliometrics has been well characterized in the fields of urology, radiation oncology, cardiothoracic surgery, and diagnostic radiology 11-15 such that Twitter mentions were found to play an important role in field-specific research dissemination and academic citation impact.…”

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Association Between Twitter Mentions and Academic Citations in Otolaryngology Literature

Deshpande

Crossley

Malekzadeh

2021

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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Objective To evaluate the relationship between Twitter mentions and academic citations in otolaryngology literature. Study Design Retrospective cross-sectional analysis. Setting Altmetric Twitter mention and Google Scholar citation rosters. Methods Original research articles from 10 leading otolaryngology journals were assessed 26 months after print publication. Article Twitter mentions were tracked through the Altmetric Bookmarklet, and article citation data were determined through the Google Scholar search engine. Twitter mentions and citation metrics of articles were compared through 2-tailed t test analysis ( P < .05). Results Of all articles, 50.7% (152/300) had at least 1 Twitter mention. Of all article Twitter mentions, 25% (432/1758) happened within the first week of online publication dates, while 64% (1130/1758) occurred between online and print publication dates. Articles mentioned on Twitter had 1.6-fold more Google Scholar citations (8.6 ± 0.7, mean ± SD) than articles with no Twitter mentions (5.4 ± 0.4, P < .01). A total of 8% (24/300) of publications were tweeted by their authors. Articles self-tweeted by authors were associated with an 8.4-citation increase (14.8 ± 3.1) for Google Scholar when compared with articles not shared by their authors on Twitter (6.4 ± 0.4; 2.3-fold increase, P < .01). Conclusion Most otolaryngology articles are disseminated over Twitter, with greatest Twitter activity occurring before print publication date of articles. Citations within 2 years of release are positively associated with the number of mentions on Twitter. Article Twitter mentions may augment the academic influence of otolaryngology publications.

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“…1 Furthermore, previous studies within select medical subspecialties have shown that Twitter mentions are associated with an increase in subspecialty-specific literature citations. 11-15…”

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Association Between Twitter Mentions and Academic Citations in Otolaryngology Literature

Deshpande

Crossley

Malekzadeh

2021

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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“…31 There is a positive association between social media attention and both journal readership 34 and citation rates. 35,36 The social media representation of scientific journals has been effective on multiple frontiers: dissemination of newly published radiology articles, education of radiology trainees, increasing readership, citations and journal impact factor, and providing a forum to discuss topics of interest (e.g., Twitter chat). 15,31 Traditionally, article citations and the journal impact factor are indicators of publication influence and quality.…”

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Influences of the Social Media Continuum Model in Radiology: Theory and Reality

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Social media utilization has been growing exponentially worldwide and has created a thriving venue for radiologists and the profession of radiology to engage in on both the academic and social levels. The aim of this article is to conduct updated literature review and address a gap in the literature by introducing a simple classification for social media utilization and a new theoretical model to outline the role and potential value of social media in the realm of radiology. We propose classifying social media through usage-driven and access-driven indices. Furthermore, we discuss the interdependency of radiologists, other physicians and non-physician stakeholders, scientific journals, conferences/meetings and the general public in an integrated social media continuum model. With the ongoing sub-specialization of radiology, social media helps mitigate the physical barriers of making connections with peers and audiences which would have otherwise been unfeasible. The constant evolution and diversification of social media platforms necessitates a novel approach to better understand its role through a radiological lens. With the looming fear of ‘ancillary service’ labelling, social media could be the golden plate to halt the path towards commoditization of radiology.

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“…Over 80% of online mentions regarding musculoskeletal research occur on Twitter [8]. Twitter activity can serve as an early predictor of a publication's citation number [11] and has been associated with an increase in subspecialty-specific literature citation [9,[11][12][13]. However, because different subspecialties utilize social media and adopt new information-sharing techniques at different rates [14], it is critical that this evaluation be performed independently.…”

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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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Relationship between Twitter and Radiology Journal Citations

Cited by 15 publications

References 4 publications

Association Between Twitter Mentions and Academic Citations in Otolaryngology Literature

Association Between Twitter Mentions and Academic Citations in Otolaryngology Literature

Influences of the Social Media Continuum Model in Radiology: Theory and Reality

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

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