Lorenzon Laura, Grossman Rebecca C, Soreide Kjetil
General Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Catholic University, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Department of General Surgery, Wexham Park Hospital, Frimley Health NHS Trust, Slough, UK.
World J Surg. 2021 Jan;45(1):88-96. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05769-8. Epub 2020 Sep 5.
The approach to the scientific literature is evolving. Currently, dissemination of articles happens in real time through social media (SoMe) channels, and little is known about its impact in medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate if SoMe dissemination followed trends independent from articles type and content.
First, the SoMe engagement of a popular theme (#BlackFriday) and a relevant theme (#ClimateChange) was compared using a SoMe analytic tool to test if the popular theme would reach more engagement. In a second analysis, themes in colorectal surgery in the SoMe community were explored. Altmetric Explorer was searched for the term "colorectal surgery" and the outputs were categorized into 'randomized controlled trials' (RCTs) and 'other studies'. Subgroups were compared for the Altmetric scores using statistical analyses.
The analytic tool documented that #BlackFriday outnumbered #ClimateChange in mentions and engagement (1.6 million vs 127.000 mentions). Following, Altmetric Explorer identified 1381 articles, including 92 RCTs (7.1%). Overall, 25,554 mentions were documented from 1205 outputs (97.0% by Twitter). A greater percentage of "other studies" ranked in the lower Altmetric score categories (p = 0.0007). Similarly, the median Altmetric score was higher in the RCT subgroup comparing with "other studies" (6.5 vs. 2.0, Mann-Whitney p = 0.0001).
In this study, RCTs represented just the 7.1% of the studies and produced 11% of Twitter outputs. The median Altmetric scores obtained by RCTs were higher than those of other studies.
科学文献的传播方式正在不断演变。目前，文章通过社交媒体（SoMe）渠道实时传播，但其对医学的影响却鲜为人知。本研究的目的是调查SoMe传播是否遵循独立于文章类型和内容的趋势。
首先，使用SoMe分析工具比较一个热门主题（#黑色星期五）和一个相关主题（#气候变化）在SoMe上的参与度，以测试热门主题是否能获得更多参与度。在第二项分析中，探索了SoMe社区中结直肠手术的主题。在Altmetric Explorer中搜索“结直肠手术”一词，并将输出结果分为“随机对照试验”（RCT）和“其他研究”。使用统计分析比较亚组的Altmetric得分。
分析工具记录显示，#黑色星期五在提及次数和参与度上超过了#气候变化（160万次提及对12.7万次提及）。随后，Altmetric Explorer识别出1381篇文章，其中包括92项RCT（7.1%）。总体而言，从1205个输出结果中记录到25554次提及（97.0%来自推特）。更大比例的“其他研究”排在较低的Altmetric得分类别中（p = 0.0007）。同样，与“其他研究”相比，RCT亚组的Altmetric得分中位数更高（6.5对2.0，曼-惠特尼p = 0.0001）。
在本研究中，RCT仅占研究的7.1%，产生了11%的推特输出结果。RCT获得的Altmetric得分中位数高于其他研究。
