Dissemination of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research on Social Media Platforms Is Associated With Increased Citation Count. (22nd October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ayoub, Fares; Ouni, Ahmed; Case, Robert; Ladna, Michael; Shah, Harsh; Rubin, David T.
• Is Part Of: American journal of gastroenterology. Volume 116:Number 10(2021)
• Page Start: 2137
• Page End: 2139
• Publication Date: 2021-10-22
• Subjects: Stomach -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Intestines -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Gastroenterology -- Periodicals; Gastrointestinal Diseases -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.33
• DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001240
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-9270

Abstract

Abstract : INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to find out whether dissemination of gastroenterology and hepatology (GI) research on social media networks correlates with citation count at 5 years. METHODS: We correlated the Altmetric Attention Score with Web of Science citation counts at 5 years for scholarly work published in the 10 highest impact factor GI journals in 2014. RESULTS: In 4, 026 analyzed items, the correlation ( r ) between Altmetric Attention Score and citations at 5 years was 0.62 ( P < 0.001), representing strong correlation. Twitter was the platform with the strongest correlation with citations. DISCUSSION: Social media attention garnered by GI scholarly work strongly correlates with the number of citations at 5 years.