Original paper
Twitter Activity Is Associated With a Higher Research Citation Index for Academic Thoracic Surgeons
Abstract
BackgroundAcademic surgeons are encouraged to promote their work on social media. We hypothesized that thoracic surgeons who are active on Twitter have a higher research citation index (Hirsch index [h-index]) than their counterparts who are not.MethodsThoracic surgeons on CTSNet.org in Canada and the United States were queried for profiles with an h-index on Google Scholar and/or Research Gate in July 2018. Surgeons were categorized by whether...
Paper Details
Title
Twitter Activity Is Associated With a Higher Research Citation Index for Academic Thoracic Surgeons
Published Date
Aug 1, 2020
Volume
110
Issue
2
Pages
660 - 663
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