The power of social media: broader Twitter outreach and higher Altmetric scores significantly amplify neurosurgical citation reach
The authors report a strong, statistically significant correlation between the Altmetric score and the number of citations received. To their knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate the impact of social media academic activity on neurosurgery article citation dissemination, potentially influencing resident medical education.
Authors
- Ammad A. Baig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8241-6864)
- Elad I. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6208-3724)
- Jason M. Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5225-3072)
- Wasiq I. Khawar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-6005)
- Adnan H. Siddiqui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9519-0059)
- Jaims Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9847-3601)
- Christopher S. Graffeo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5314-1067)
- Peter G. Gerace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8808-2930)
- Renée M. Reynolds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3680-1593)
- Kunal Vakharia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8222-8874)
Institutions
- Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo (US)
- Kaleida Health (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Canon (United States) (US)
- Jacobs Institute (US)
- Jacobs (United States) (US)
- University of Oklahoma (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.4.jns232119
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Social Media in Health Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.11