Raturi Vid, Delashaw Johnny, Dumont Aaron, Wang Arthur
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Department of Neurological Surgery, New Orleans, LA, USA.
World Neurosurg X. 2024 Apr 24;23:100385. doi: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2024.100385. eCollection 2024 Jul.
Social media platforms can increase gender diversity and foster community within the neurosurgical field. Women have been historically underrepresented in neurosurgery. The purpose of this study is to compile a list of women neurosurgeons on Twitter according to their social media influence and identify whether social media influence correlates with academic productivity.
Women neurosurgeons (post-residency) in the United States who have Twitter accounts were obtained via the Women in Neurosurgery Twitter account and individuals who used the hashtag: #womeninneurosurgery (n= 50). Social media influence (followers, original posts, likes, retweets) was extracted through Popsters social media analytics platform for each of the accounts from January 1st, 2023 to June 30th, 2023. The efficiency metric standardized retweets for follower count, as well as number of posts. Academic H-index scores were ascertained via SCOPUS. 3 lists were created based off the efficiency metric, follower count, and average likes per post.
The relationship between the efficiency metric (average retweets per post per follower) and H-index was not significant at level of < 0.05, whereas the relationships between follower count and H-index, and average likes per posts and H-index were significant at < 0.05.
The significant positive association found between H-index and average likes, as well as H-index and follower count demonstrates that social media influence and academic productivity/influence may go hand in hand. The lists of women neurosurgeons may serve as a guide for individuals interested in following women neurosurgeons on Twitter. Additionally, this would aid in fostering a community supportive of women neurosurgeons. Further, this may also inform individuals who would like to grow their presence on social media on how to build their following.
社交媒体平台可以增加神经外科领域的性别多样性并促进社区发展。历史上，女性在神经外科领域的代表性一直不足。本研究的目的是根据她们在社交媒体上的影响力编制一份推特上女性神经外科医生的名单，并确定社交媒体影响力是否与学术产出相关。
通过神经外科领域女性的推特账号以及使用#女性神经外科医生#标签的个人获取了美国有推特账号的女性神经外科医生（住院医师后）（n = 50）。从2023年1月1日至2023年6月30日，通过Popsters社交媒体分析平台为每个账号提取社交媒体影响力（关注者、原创帖子、点赞、转发）。效率指标对关注者数量以及帖子数量的标准化转发进行了考量。通过SCOPUS确定学术H指数得分。根据效率指标、关注者数量和每篇帖子的平均点赞数创建了3个名单。
效率指标（每个关注者每篇帖子的平均转发数）与H指数之间的关系在< 0.05水平上不显著，而关注者数量与H指数之间的关系以及每篇帖子的平均点赞数与H指数之间的关系在< 0.05水平上显著。
在H指数与平均点赞数以及H指数与关注者数量之间发现的显著正相关表明，社交媒体影响力和学术产出/影响力可能相辅相成。女性神经外科医生名单可为有兴趣在推特上关注女性神经外科医生的个人提供指导。此外，这将有助于建立一个支持女性神经外科医生的社区。此外，这也可能为那些希望在社交媒体上扩大影响力的人提供如何增加关注者的信息。
