Background Academics in all disciplines increasingly use social media to share their
publications on the internet, reaching out to different audiences. In the last few years …

Context The use of video in surgical education and training is an innovative means to teach
and expose learners to surgical procedures. The accessibility of YouTube provides a …

Altmetrics measure the digital attention received by a research output. They allow us to
gauge the immediate social impact of an article by taking real-time measurements of how it …

Objective To determine if article Altmetric scores correlate with journal impact factor and
citation count in the urologic literature. Methods We identified the top 10 most-cited articles …

Background With the emergence of social media platforms, new bibliometric profiles
measuring impact and exposure of scientific research online have been introduced as an …

Background and Aims Social media activity in the area of scientific journal publications has
increased significantly over the last decade. Several studies have suggested that journal …

Introduction. In recent years, several controversial reports of the correlation between
altmetric score and citations have been published (range:‐0.2 to 0.8). We conducted a meta …

Aim Social media (SoMe) platforms have become leading methods of communication and
dissemination of scientific information in the medical community. They allow for immediate …

Study Design. Literature review. Objective. To discern which social media outlets contribute
most to spine surgery literature dissemination and to investigate how popular articles …

The association between mention of scientific research in popular media (eg, the
mainstream media or social media platforms) and scientific impact (eg, citations) has yet to …