Department of Neurosurgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2022 Jan;164(1):15-23. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04939-4. Epub 2021 Jul 27.
Social Media (SoMe) is becoming increasingly used in the medical community, and its use has been related with academic productivity. However, utilization of SoMe in the European neurosurgical community has not been assessed systematically.
An online search was undertaken to discover SoMe accounts of (1) national and related neurosurgical societies listed on the EANS website, (2) neurosurgical journals present on EANS website, (3) neurosurgery centers within EANS member countries, as listed on their website. SoMe accounts of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram were searched for journals and societies, and Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for neurosurgery departments. The number of likes/followers/subscribers was recorded.
Five (31%) neurosurgery journals had a SoMe presence. The highest number of followers, likes, and tweets was found for JNNP, and Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B had the most subscribers and video views. SoMe usage was identified for 11 national (28.2%) and 2 multi-national neurosurgical societies. From these, the French Society of Neurosurgery had the largest number of Facebook followers (> 2800) and Likes (> 2700), the Society of British Neurological Surgeons had the largest number of Twitter followers (> 2850), whereas EANS overall had the most followers on Twitter > 5100 and Facebook > 5450. A total of 87 SoMe neurosurgery center accounts were found on either Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, for 64 of 1000 centers (6.4%) in 22 of 40 different countries (55%). Of these 67% (n = 43/64) arose from 6 countries (England, Germany, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine). There were more Facebook accounts (n = 42) than Instagram accounts (n = 23) or Twitter accounts (n = 22).
SoMe use amongst neurosurgical societies and departments in Europe is very limited. From our perspective, explanations are lacking for the correlated numbers to the market shares of SoMe in the respective countries. Further research, including a survey, to follow up on this important topic should be undertaken among EANS members.
社交媒体（SoMe）在医学领域的应用日益广泛，其使用与学术产出相关。然而，欧洲神经外科学界对社交媒体的使用尚未进行系统评估。
在线搜索 EANS 网站上列出的（1）国家和相关神经外科学会、（2）EANS 网站上的神经外科期刊、（3）EANS 成员国的神经外科中心的社交媒体账户。搜索了 Facebook、Twitter、YouTube 和 Instagram 上的期刊和学会以及 Twitter、Instagram 和 Facebook 上的神经外科部门。记录了点赞/关注/订阅者的数量。
有 5 种（31%）神经外科期刊具有社交媒体存在。《JNNP》的点赞、关注和推文数量最多，《神经外科学杂志 B 部分》的订阅者和视频观看量最多。发现了 11 个（28.2%）国家和 2 个多国神经外科学会使用了社交媒体。其中，法国神经外科学会拥有最多的 Facebook 关注者（>2800）和点赞（>2700），英国神经外科学会拥有最多的 Twitter 关注者（>2850），而 EANS 整体在 Twitter（>5100）和 Facebook（>5450）上拥有最多的关注者。在 Facebook、Instagram 或 Twitter 上共找到 87 个神经外科中心账户，在 40 个不同国家中的 22 个（55%）中的 640 个中心（6.4%）中找到了这些账户。其中 67%（n=43/64）来自 6 个国家（英国、德国、意大利、罗马尼亚、土耳其、乌克兰）。Facebook 账户（n=42）多于 Instagram 账户（n=23）和 Twitter 账户（n=22）。
欧洲神经外科学会和部门对社交媒体的使用非常有限。从我们的角度来看，社交媒体在各自国家的市场份额与相关数量之间缺乏解释。应该在 EANS 成员中进行进一步的研究，包括调查，以跟进这个重要的话题。
