The online attention to oral cancer research: An Altmetric analysis

Hassona, Yazan; Qutachi, Tala; Dardas, Latefa Ali; Alrashdan, Mohammad S.

doi:10.1111/odi.13111

Cited by 28 publications

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“…The 44 correlational studies evaluated the relationship between Altmetrics and bibliometrics in a variety of health research fields and disciplines, covering generic medical or biomedical research disciplines [ 16 , 57 , 60 - 62 , 66 , 70 , 78 , 81 - 83 ], or more specific disease-related research fields, such as multiple sclerosis [ 43 ], neurological research [ 73 ], Parkinson disease [ 53 ], psoriasis [ 25 ], and sepsis [ 44 , 67 ]. Some articles covered clinical or dental medicine [ 64 , 65 , 75 ] and different kinds of surgery [ 59 , 68 , 77 ]; others focused on specialized branches of medicine, such as urology [ 34 , 38 , 39 , 58 ], radiology [ 76 ], and coloproctology [ 69 ].…”

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The Use of Social Media to Increase the Impact of Health Research: Systematic Review

Bardus¹,

El-Rassi²,

Chahrour³

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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Background Academics in all disciplines increasingly use social media to share their publications on the internet, reaching out to different audiences. In the last few years, specific indicators of social media impact have been developed (eg, Altmetrics), to complement traditional bibliometric indicators (eg, citation count and h-index). In health research, it is unclear whether social media impact also translates into research impact. Objective The primary aim of this study was to systematically review the literature on the impact of using social media on the dissemination of health research. The secondary aim was to assess the correlation between Altmetrics and traditional citation-based metrics. Methods We conducted a systematic review to identify studies that evaluated the use of social media to disseminate research published in health-related journals. We specifically looked at studies that described experimental or correlational studies linking the use of social media with outcomes related to bibliometrics. We searched the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases using a predefined search strategy (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews: CRD42017057709). We conducted independent and duplicate study selection and data extraction. Given the heterogeneity of the included studies, we summarized the findings through a narrative synthesis. Results Of a total of 18,624 retrieved citations, we included 51 studies: 7 (14%) impact studies (answering the primary aim) and 44 (86%) correlational studies (answering the secondary aim). Impact studies reported mixed results with several limitations, including the use of interventions of inappropriately low intensity and short duration. The majority of correlational studies suggested a positive association between traditional bibliometrics and social media metrics (eg, number of mentions) in health research. Conclusions We have identified suggestive yet inconclusive evidence on the impact of using social media to increase the number of citations in health research. Further studies with better design are needed to assess the causal link between social media impact and bibliometrics.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Social Media to Increase the Impact of Health Research: Systematic Review

Bardus¹,

El-Rassi²,

Chahrour³

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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“…Dental professionals may need to direct their attention toward these tools for the dissemination of OHI. Translating research findings into easy-tounderstand language and disseminating these findings to attract the attention of online users may help provide evidence-based OHI material [23]. There is a need to explore the quality of OHI currently available on Google and YouTube in Bahasa Indonesia.…”

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The use of internet platforms for oral health information and associated factors among adolescents from Jakarta: a cross sectional study

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Background The growth of the internet has increased its use to obtain health information including oral health information (OHI). This study assessed Indonesian adolescents’ use of different internet platforms to obtain OHI and factors associated with this use. Methods A cross-sectional study surveyed middle school students in five regions in Jakarta in 2019. Participants completed a questionnaire that assessed demographics, oral health practices (toothbrushing and dental visits), the presence of dental pain, using internet platform to obtain OHI and type of information searched for. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess the association between using the internet for OHI (Google, Social Media (SM), both or none) and the independent factors: demographics, oral health practice, dental pain and whether participants search for causes, symptoms, prevention or treatment of oral diseases (ODs). Results Most of the 521 participants were female (55.7%) with mean age = 13.4 years. Almost all of them (93.7%) searched the internet for OHI through Google (40.7%) or Google with SM (36.1%). Searching for OHI over SM was significantly associated with toothbrushing (OR = 4.12, 95% CI = 1.43, 11.89) and less dental visits (OR = 0.16, 95% CI = 0.05, 0.60). Searching Google for OHI was significantly associated with looking for information about causes (OR = 3.69, 95% CI = 1.33, 10.26) and treatment (OR = 6.17, 95% CI = 2.23, 17.03) of ODs. Conclusions Most adolescents used Google to seek OHI. Oral health practices and types of OHI searched for differed by internet platform. Dental health professionals should consider using internet-based interventions to promote oral health to this age group.

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“…This is reflected in subspecialty journals also, where altmetrics are associated with inflated citation rates in the fields of cardiology 14 , emergency medicine 15 , gastroenterology 16 , general surgery 17,18 , paediatric surgery 19 , pain medicine 20 and urology 7 . This is particularly true for humorous or curious topics 7,21,22 . Additionally, authors who promote their own research on SoMe receive more citations than those who do not 7 , which stands to reason given that SoMe is an advertising platform.…”

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The Role of Social Media in Disseminating Plastic Surgery Research: The Relationship between Citations, Altmetrics and Article Characteristics

Grant

Scott-Bridge

Wade

2020

Preprint

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Background: Social media (SoMe) enables publishers and authors to disseminate content immediately and directly to interested end-users, on a global scale. Alternative metrics (altmetrics) are non-traditional bibliometrics which describe the exposure and impact of an article on freely available platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia and the news. Altmetrics are strongly associated with ultimate citation counts in various medical disciplines, except plastic surgery which represents the rational for this study. Methods: Altmetric explorer was used to extract altmetrics and citation rates for articles published during 2018 in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, the Annals of Plastics Surgery and Plastic Surgery (also known as Chirurgie Plastique). Multivariable negative binomial regression was used to estimate the relationship between citations and predictors (presented as the incidence rate ratio, IRR with 95% confidence interval, CI). Results: Overall, 1215 plastic surgery articles were captured which were cited 3269 times. There was a strong and independent association between the number of mentions in SoMe and the number of times an article was cited (adjusted IRR 1.01 [95% CI 1.01, 1.1]), whereby each mention in SoMe (e.g. Tweets or Facebook posts) translated to one additional citation. Evidence synthesis articles (e.g. systematic reviews) were cited twice as often as other articles and again, the use of SoMe to advertise these outputs was independently associated with more citations (IRR 2.0 [95% CI 1.3, 3.2]). Conclusions: Dissemination of plastic surgery research through social media channels increases an articles impact as measured by citations.

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The online attention to oral cancer research: An Altmetric analysis

Cited by 28 publications

References 40 publications

The Use of Social Media to Increase the Impact of Health Research: Systematic Review

The Use of Social Media to Increase the Impact of Health Research: Systematic Review

The use of internet platforms for oral health information and associated factors among adolescents from Jakarta: a cross sectional study

The Role of Social Media in Disseminating Plastic Surgery Research: The Relationship between Citations, Altmetrics and Article Characteristics

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