Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Apr 21, 2021
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 21, 2021 - Jun 16, 2021
Date Accepted: Aug 12, 2021
(closed for review but you can still tweet)
A professional account on social networks Twitter and ResearchGate is associated with higher scientific publications and citations among anaesthesia researchers: an observational study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Social networks are now essential tools for promoting research and researchers.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to study the link between professional presence on social networks and scientific publications/citations among anaesthesia researchers.
Methods:
We included all the French full-professors and associate-professors of anaesthesia. We analyzed their presence on the social networks Twitter (professional account with ≥ 1 tweet over the 6 previous months) and ResearchGate. We extracted their bibliometric parameters for the 2016-2020 period via the “Web of Sciences” platform.
Results:
162 researchers were analysed, 42 (25.9%) had an active Twitter account and 110 (67.9%) a ResearchGate account. There was no difference between associate-professor and full-professor regarding active presence on Twitter (34.8% vs. 24.5% respectively; p=0.31) or on ResearchGate (65.2% vs. 68.4%, respectively; P=0.81). Researchers with an active Twitter account had more scientific publications (45 [28-61] vs. 26 [12-41]; P<0.0001), a higher h-index (12 [8-16] vs. 8 [5-11]; P<0.0001), a higher number of citations per publication (12.54 [9.65-21.8] vs. 10.63 [5.67-16.10]; P=0.01) and a higher number of citing articles (563 [321-896] vs. 263 [105-484]; P<0.0001). Researchers with a ResearchGate account had more scientific publications (33 [17-47] vs. 26 [9-43]; P=0.03) and a higher h-index (9 [6-13] vs. 8 [3-11]; P=0.03). There was no difference between researchers with a ResearchGate account and those without it concerning the number of citations per publication and citing articles.
Conclusions:
Among French anaesthesia researchers, an active presence on Twitter and ResearchGate is associated with higher scientific publication and citations. Clinical Trial: NA
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