Halvorson Ryan T, Allahabadi Sachin, Cevallos Nicolas, Foley Aidan J, Collins Kelsey, Torres Espin Abel, Feeley Brian T, Pandya Nirav K, Bailey Jeannie F
Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Jan 19;15(1):e33978. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33978. eCollection 2023 Jan.
Background #OrthoTwitter has evolved to disseminate findings and engage the public. However, the academic impact of Twitter utilization in orthopaedic surgery is unknown. Questions/purposes The purpose of the study was to evaluate relationships between the author and manuscript Twitter activity and citations. Methods Manuscripts in 17 orthopaedic journals from 2018 were identified. Citations, online mentions, impact factors, and subspecialties were obtained. H-index and Twitter account details for authors were obtained for a subset of manuscripts. Relationships between Twitter activity and citations were evaluated. Results 2,473/4,224 (58.5%) manuscripts were mentioned on Twitter (n=29,958 mentions), with Twitter manuscripts cited more frequently (median 10 vs. 7, p<0.0001). Twitter mentions, impact factors, non-open-access status, and subspecialties were associated with citation counts. Articles mentioned in 10, 100, and 1,000 Tweets were observed to have a 1.1-fold, 1.7-fold, and 245-fold increase in citations. In author-level analyses, 156 (20.0%) first and 216 (27.7%) senior authors had Twitter accounts. Citation count was associated with increasing senior author H-index ( =0.13, p<0.05), Twitter mentions ( =0.0043, p<0.0001), impact factors ( =0.13, p<0.0001), and having a first ( =0.20, p<0.05) or senior author ( =0.17, p<0.05) on Twitter. Articles published in arthroplasty ( =0.49, p<0.05), general interest ( =0.55, p<0.01), sports ( =0.63, p<0.01), and non-open access journals ( =0.41, p<0.001) were cited more. H-index correlated with followers for first (rho=0.31, p<0.0001) and senior authors (rho=0.44, p<0.0001). Conclusion Author Twitter utilization is independently associated with manuscript citations. Authors should be aware of the potential association between social media utilization and traditional academic impact. Understanding the relationship between social media utilization and academic impact is necessary to effectively disseminate research.
#骨科推特已发展成为传播研究成果并与公众互动的平台。然而，推特在骨科手术中的学术影响尚不清楚。
问题/目的：本研究的目的是评估作者和稿件的推特活动与引用之间的关系。
确定了2018年17种骨科期刊上发表的稿件。获取了引用次数、网络提及次数、影响因子和亚专业信息。对于一部分稿件，还获取了作者的H指数和推特账户详细信息。评估了推特活动与引用之间的关系。
2473/4224（58.5%）的稿件在推特上被提及（共29958次提及），推特上的稿件被引用得更频繁（中位数分别为10次和7次，p<0.0001）。推特提及次数、影响因子、非开放获取状态和亚专业与引用次数相关。被10条、100条和1000条推文提及的文章，其引用次数分别增加了1.1倍、1.7倍和245倍。在作者层面的分析中，156名（20.0%）第一作者和216名（27.7%）资深作者有推特账户。引用次数与资深作者H指数的增加相关（r=0.13，p<0.05），与推特提及次数相关（r=0.0043，p<0.0001），与影响因子相关（r=0.13，p<0.0001），并且与第一作者（r=0.20，p<0.05）或资深作者（r=0.17，p<0.05）有推特账户相关。发表在关节成形术（r=0.49，p<0.05）、大众兴趣（r=0.55，p<0.01）、运动（r=0.63，p<0.01）和非开放获取期刊（r=0.41，p<0.001）上的文章被引用得更多。第一作者（rho=0.31，p<0.0001）和资深作者（rho=0.44，p<0.0001）的H指数与粉丝数量相关。
作者使用推特与稿件引用独立相关。作者应意识到社交媒体使用与传统学术影响之间的潜在关联。了解社交媒体使用与学术影响之间的关系对于有效传播研究成果是必要的。
