Twitter Activity Is Associated With a Higher Research Citation Index for Academic Thoracic Surgeons
| Autor: | Matthew Rok, Jane Newman, Christian Finley, Waël C. Hanna, Yogita Patel, Michal Coret, Deven Deonarain, John Agzarian, Yaron Shargall, Peter R.A. Malik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Percentile Thoracic surgeon business.industry General surgery Citation index MEDLINE 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030228 respiratory system Multicenter study Cardiothoracic surgery Cohort medicine Surgery Social media Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 110:660-663 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4975 |
| Popis: | Background Academic surgeons are encouraged to promote their work on social media. We hypothesized that thoracic surgeons who are active on Twitter have a higher research citation index (h-index) than their counterparts who are not. Methods Thoracic surgeons on CTSNet.org in Canada and the United States were queried for profiles with an h-index on Google Scholar (GS) and/or Research Gate (RG) in July 2018. Surgeons were categorized by whether they possessed a Twitter account (T+) or not (T-), and h-index values were compared. Within the T+ cohort, a multivariate regression model was used to identify independent predictors of increased h-index among variables related to Twitter activity. Results Of 3,741 surgeons queried, 19.3% (722) had a known h-index. The mean (SD) h-index for the entire cohort was 14.54 (15.73). The median (range) h-index was 10 (0-121), and the 75th percentile h-index was 20. T+ surgeons had a median (range) h-index of 10 (0-66), and T- surgeons had a median (range) h-index of 10 (0-72, p=0.25). The 75th percentile h-index for T+ surgeons was 23, compared to 20 for T- surgeons (p=0.24). For T+ surgeons, the regression model identified the number of followers (p=0.029), the number of people followed (p=0.048), and the frequency of tweeting (p=0.046) as independent predictors of a higher h-index. Conclusions The median h-index for an academic thoracic surgeon in Canada and the United States is 10. Surgeons who engage in Twitter activity are more likely to have their research cited by others. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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