scholarly journals The Use of Social Media to Increase the Impact of Health Research: Systematic Review

10.2196/15607 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. e15607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Bardus ◽  
Rola El Rassi ◽  
Mohamad Chahrour ◽  
Elie W Akl ◽  
Abdul Sattar Raslan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Media Impact ◽  
Impact Studies ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

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, specific indicators of social media impact have been developed (eg, Altmetrics), to complement traditional bibliometric indicators (eg, citation count and h-index). In health research, it is unclear whether social media impact also translates into research impact. Objective The primary aim of this study was to systematically review the literature on the impact of using social media on the dissemination of health research. The secondary aim was to assess the correlation between Altmetrics and traditional citation-based metrics. Methods We conducted a systematic review to identify studies that evaluated the use of social media to disseminate research published in health-related journals. We specifically looked at studies that described experimental or correlational studies linking the use of social media with outcomes related to bibliometrics. We searched the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases using a predefined search strategy (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews: CRD42017057709). We conducted independent and duplicate study selection and data extraction. Given the heterogeneity of the included studies, we summarized the findings through a narrative synthesis. Results Of a total of 18,624 retrieved citations, we included 51 studies: 7 (14%) impact studies (answering the primary aim) and 44 (86%) correlational studies (answering the secondary aim). Impact studies reported mixed results with several limitations, including the use of interventions of inappropriately low intensity and short duration. The majority of correlational studies suggested a positive association between traditional bibliometrics and social media metrics (eg, number of mentions) in health research. Conclusions We have identified suggestive yet inconclusive evidence on the impact of using social media to increase the number of citations in health research. Further studies with better design are needed to assess the causal link between social media impact and bibliometrics.

scholarly journals The Use of Social Media to Increase the Impact of Health Research: Systematic Review (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Bardus ◽  
Rola El Rassi ◽  
Mohamad Chahrour ◽  
Elie W Akl ◽  
Abdul Sattar Raslan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Media Impact ◽  
Impact Studies ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

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, specific indicators of social media impact have been developed (eg, Altmetrics), to complement traditional bibliometric indicators (eg, citation count and h-index). In health research, it is unclear whether social media impact also translates into research impact. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study was to systematically review the literature on the impact of using social media on the dissemination of health research. The secondary aim was to assess the correlation between Altmetrics and traditional citation-based metrics. METHODS We conducted a systematic review to identify studies that evaluated the use of social media to disseminate research published in health-related journals. We specifically looked at studies that described experimental or correlational studies linking the use of social media with outcomes related to bibliometrics. We searched the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases using a predefined search strategy (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews: CRD42017057709). We conducted independent and duplicate study selection and data extraction. Given the heterogeneity of the included studies, we summarized the findings through a narrative synthesis. RESULTS Of a total of 18,624 retrieved citations, we included 51 studies: 7 (14%) <i>impact studies</i> (answering the primary aim) and 44 (86%) <i>correlational studies</i> (answering the secondary aim). Impact studies reported mixed results with several limitations, including the use of interventions of inappropriately low intensity and short duration. The majority of correlational studies suggested a positive association between traditional bibliometrics and social media metrics (eg, number of mentions) in health research. CONCLUSIONS We have identified suggestive yet inconclusive evidence on the impact of using social media to increase the number of citations in health research. Further studies with better design are needed to assess the causal link between social media impact and bibliometrics.

A Systematic Review of the Use of Social Media as a Recruitment Tool on the Social Ethical and Privacy Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 226-255
Author(s):  
Ghadah Althawwad
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
Recruitment Tool ◽  
The Impact

The influence of social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter plays an increasingly influential role in the daily lives of people. Despite the rise of interest in this topic, the research discussing the ethical concerns of using social media for recruitment purposes remains in exploratory stages. This chapter provides a systematic review of recent research that was published from 2012 to 2018 and focused on ethical issues related to the use of social media for recruitment purposes. The techno-ethical lens, which studies the impact of technology on ethics, was used to explore the social and ethical aspects of how recruiters use social media for recruitment purposes.

scholarly journals Comparison of Traditional Citation Metrics and Altmetrics Among Dermatology Journals: Content and Correlational Analysis Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregg Murray ◽  
Rebecca Hellen ◽  
James Ralph ◽  
Siona Ni Raghallaigh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Online News ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Journal Citation Reports ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Article Citation

BACKGROUND Research impact has traditionally been measured using citation count and impact factor (IF). Academics have long relied heavily on this form of metric system to measure a publication’s impact. A higher number of citations is viewed as an indicator of the importance of the research and a marker for the impact of the publishing journal. Recently, social media and online news sources have become important avenues for dissemination of research, resulting in the emergence of an alternative metric system known as altmetrics. OBJECTIVE We assessed the correlation between altmetric attention score (AAS) and traditional scientific impact markers, namely journal IF and article citation count, for all the dermatology journal and published articles of 2017. METHODS We identified dermatology journals and their associated IFs available in 2017 using InCites Journal Citation Reports. We entered all 64 official dermatology journals into Altmetric Explorer, a Web-based platform that enables users to browse and report on all attention data for every piece of scholarly content for which Altmetric Explorer has found attention. RESULTS For the 64 dermatology journals, there was a moderate positive correlation between journal IF and journal AAS (<i>r<sub>s</sub></i>=.513, <i>P</i>&lt;.001). In 2017, 6323 articles were published in the 64 dermatology journals. Our data show that there was a weak positive correlation between the traditional article citation count and AAS (<i>r<sub>s</sub></i>=.257, <i>P</i>&lt;.001). CONCLUSIONS Our data show a weak correlation between article citation count and AAS. Temporal factors may explain this weak association. Newer articles may receive increased online attention after publication, while it may take longer for scientific citation counts to accumulate. Stories that are at times deemed newsworthy and then disseminated across the media and social media platforms border on sensationalism and may not be truly academic in nature. The opposite can also be true.

scholarly journals Diabetes on Twitter: A Sentiment Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elia Gabarron ◽  
Enrique Dorronzoro ◽  
Octavio Rivera-Romero ◽  
Rolf Wynn
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Media Impact ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Negative Sentiment ◽  
Public Health Strategies ◽  
The Impact

Background: Contents published on social media have an impact on individuals and on their decision making. Knowing the sentiment toward diabetes is fundamental to understanding the impact that such information could have on people affected with this health condition and their family members. The objective of this study is to analyze the sentiment expressed in messages on diabetes posted on Twitter. Method: Tweets including one of the terms “diabetes,” “t1d,” and/or “t2d” were extracted for one week using the Twitter standard API. Only the text message and the number of followers of the users were extracted. The sentiment analysis was performed by using SentiStrength. Results: A total of 67 421 tweets were automatically extracted, of those 3.7% specifically referred to T1D; and 6.8% specifically mentioned T2D. One or more emojis were included in 7.0% of the posts. Tweets specifically mentioning T2D and that did not include emojis were significantly more negative than the tweets that included emojis (–2.22 vs −1.48, P < .001). Tweets on T1D and that included emojis were both significantly more positive and also less negative than tweets without emojis (1.71 vs 1.49 and −1.31 vs −1.50, respectively; P < .005). The number of followers had a negative association with positive sentiment strength ( r = –.023, P < .001) and a positive association with negative sentiment ( r = .016, P < .001). Conclusion: The use of sentiment analysis techniques on social media could increase our knowledge of how social media impact people with diabetes and their families and could help to improve public health strategies.

scholarly journals Can altmetrics predict future citation counts in critical care medicine publications?

2020 ◽  
pp. 175114372090324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J Lehane ◽  
Colin S Black
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
Critical Care Medicine ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
Media Impact ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
The Media ◽  
Online Attention ◽  
The Impact

Introduction Social media is increasingly used in the dissemination of medical research. Traditional measures of the impact of a paper do not account for this. Altmetrics are a measure of the dissemination of a publication via social media websites. The purpose of this study is to ascertain if the altmetric attention score of an article is a reliable measure of the impact it has in the field of critical care medicine. To this end, we investigated if a correlation exists between future citation count and altmetric attention score. Methods The top nine journals by impact factor in the field of critical care medicine were identified for 2014 and 2015. The 100 most cited articles from these journals were recorded to form the Scientific Impact Group, i.e. those with the greatest impact on the scientific community. The altmetric attention score was recorded for each article. The top 100 articles by altmetric attention score were also identified to form the Media Impact Group, i.e. those that generated the most online attention. Their citation counts’ were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed on each group to identify a correlation between altmetric attention score and citation count. Results There was a moderately positive correlation in the Scientific Impact Group, with a Spearman r score of 0.4336 ( P = 0.0001). A weakly positive correlation was found in the Media Impact Group, with a Spearman r score of 0.3033 ( P = 0.002). Conclusions There is a positive correlation between traditional bibliographic metrics and altmetrics in the field of critical care medicine. Highly cited papers are more likely to generate online attention. However, papers that generate a lot of online attention are less likely to have a high citation count. Therefore, altmetric attention score is not a reliable predictor of future citation count in critical care medicine.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MILLENNIAL LIFE IN THE 21st CENTURY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teralita Fadilah Nur Pramuji ◽  
Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Media Impact ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Media Message ◽  
The Impact

In the 21st century, the sophistication of technology is increasing rapidly, without us realizing that social media is becoming our daily social needs. Social media poisons all people regardless of gender and sees age restrictions, from men and women and young children to adults. Social media is a place or place to socialize between one person and another through virtual without any time and distance restrictions. Socialization through virtual can be done in a media message, phone media, even virtual face-to-face that only requires an internet connection and tools such as gadgets, MacBooks, laptops, etc. Such sophistication has a significant influence on our lives. There are so many activities that we can do through social media, with easy access, so that anyone can use it. However, such sophistication makes parents neglect the development of their children. And reduce interaction or social activities in the community. Based on these problems, this study aims to provide information, understand further and answer questions regarding the definition of impact, the definition of social media, impact of social media throughout the 21st century, and proper use of social media. Such influences can be positive and negative influences. The method research used is descriptive qualitative with literature review analyzed from information 20 journal articles with a range of 2019-2021. The results of this study are the facts of the use and influence of social media that occur in today's life. This research has limitations, namely, only limited to the daily media use in Indonesia and the impact that arises.

scholarly journals Comparison of Traditional Citation Metrics and Altmetrics Among Dermatology Journals: Content and Correlational Analysis Study

10.2196/15643 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e15643
Author(s):  
Gregg Murray ◽  
Rebecca Hellen ◽  
James Ralph ◽  
Siona Ni Raghallaigh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Online News ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Journal Citation Reports ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Article Citation

Background Research impact has traditionally been measured using citation count and impact factor (IF). Academics have long relied heavily on this form of metric system to measure a publication’s impact. A higher number of citations is viewed as an indicator of the importance of the research and a marker for the impact of the publishing journal. Recently, social media and online news sources have become important avenues for dissemination of research, resulting in the emergence of an alternative metric system known as altmetrics. Objective We assessed the correlation between altmetric attention score (AAS) and traditional scientific impact markers, namely journal IF and article citation count, for all the dermatology journal and published articles of 2017. Methods We identified dermatology journals and their associated IFs available in 2017 using InCites Journal Citation Reports. We entered all 64 official dermatology journals into Altmetric Explorer, a Web-based platform that enables users to browse and report on all attention data for every piece of scholarly content for which Altmetric Explorer has found attention. Results For the 64 dermatology journals, there was a moderate positive correlation between journal IF and journal AAS (rs=.513, P<.001). In 2017, 6323 articles were published in the 64 dermatology journals. Our data show that there was a weak positive correlation between the traditional article citation count and AAS (rs=.257, P<.001). Conclusions Our data show a weak correlation between article citation count and AAS. Temporal factors may explain this weak association. Newer articles may receive increased online attention after publication, while it may take longer for scientific citation counts to accumulate. Stories that are at times deemed newsworthy and then disseminated across the media and social media platforms border on sensationalism and may not be truly academic in nature. The opposite can also be true.

scholarly journals The Use of Social Media in Research on Gambling: a Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. E. James ◽  
Alex Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Gambling Operators ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Media Data ◽  
Betting Odds

Abstract Purpose of Review Social media enables a range of possibilities in the way gamblers and gambling operators interact and content communicate with gambling. The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesise the extant literature to identify the ways in which social media has been investigated in the context of gambling. Recent Findings A systematic review of the literature identified 41 papers that collected primary data pertinent to gambling and social media from multiple disciplines. These papers broadly fell into three themes: communication, community and calculation (of sentiment). Papers on communication focused on the content of gambling advertising on social media and the impact on people exposed to it. Studies of gambling communities studied the activity and structures of discussion groups on social media concerning recreational or problematic gambling. Papers on calculation collated social media data to assess sentiment and compared it against betting odds. Summary There is an emerging multidisciplinary literature that has looked at the use of social media in relation to gambling. There is preliminary evidence that the content and the reach of gambling advertising on social media is a source of concern, particularly for younger people. The themes discussed on gambling support forums appear to be common across communities, focusing on negative emotions, recovery, addictive products and financial support. Using social media to assess sentiment appears to be particularly effective at identifying potential upsets in sporting matches. Future suggestions for research are explored.

scholarly journals Use and Effectiveness of Social-Media-Delivered Weight Loss Interventions among Teenagers and Young Adults: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8493
Author(s):  
Blanca Lozano-Chacon ◽  
Victor Suarez-Lledo ◽  
Javier Alvarez-Galvez
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Teenagers And Young Adults ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Weight Loss Interventions ◽  
The Impact

Obesity is a risk factor that exponentially increases morbidity and mortality in the world. Today, new health strategies are being implemented based on the use of social media but the use and effectiveness for these interventions needs to be assessed. The objective of this systematic review is to assess the impact of social-media-delivered weight loss interventions among teenagers and young adults. We searched PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, PsycINFO, and OVID to identify articles that focused on this topic. Fourteen studies were included in the final review. The commitment of the participants was found to be fundamental factor when assessing the impact of social-media-delivered weight loss interventions, but also the social context in which the interventions were carried out. Our study highlights the potential of social media platforms to address weight loss interventions among younger groups. The works evaluated showed the usefulness of social media for the adequate monitoring and control in these groups. Finally, the current variety of study designs in this field highlights the need for greater homogeneity in their methodology and applications, which is a fundamental step before these tools could be considered a suitable tool for overweight management in clinical practice.

scholarly journals The impact of social media on the development of international relations in Western Balkan countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 931-941
Author(s):  
Selim Daku ◽  
Abdulla Azizi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Media Impact ◽  
The Social ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays, the use of social media has grown worldwide, and this has resulted in increased influence on international relations. Other researches show that this form of communication is increasing, so the research goal is to determine the extent of social media impact on the development of international relations in the Western Balkan Countries. To achieve the results, it was conducted an online survey with experts and representatives of institutions, and through the questionnaire was evaluated the use of social networks, the effects of use, transparency and reliability. The collected data were analyzed carefully, and came to the conclusion that; respondents highly assess the impact of social media on international relations development in Western Balkan countries. The social media have achieved higher effect, also without the influence of international policy leaders, in some areas such as transparency.

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