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Getting Started: A Social Media Primer

Overview of attention for article published in Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, September 2017
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  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (53rd percentile)

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4 tweeters

Citations

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5 Dimensions

Readers on

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31 Mendeley
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Title
Getting Started: A Social Media Primer
Published in
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, September 2017
DOI 10.1055/s-0037-1604249
Pubmed ID
28924394
Authors

Dalya Ferguson, Lillian Kao

Abstract

Social media use has increased both in the general public and in the surgical profession. A variety of social media platforms have been used, with Twitter being one of the most common and interactive platforms. Common uses by surgeons and scientists for social media include dissemination of information, information exchange, education, research recruitment, community consultation for clinical trials, and hospital or surgeon ratings. As social media use increases, a new language as well as metrics has been developed to track impact and reach of research incorporating social media platforms. All surgeons should be encouraged to familiarize themselves with social media, regardless of whether or not they choose to actively engage in it.

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Twitter Demographics

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Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 31 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 31 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 19%
Student > Bachelor 4 13%
Researcher 3 10%
Other 2 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 9 29%
Unknown 5 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 42%
Social Sciences 4 13%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 10%
Computer Science 2 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 7 23%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 December 2017.
All research outputs
#12,860,930
of 23,002,898 outputs
Outputs from Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
#174
of 335 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#145,574
of 316,004 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
#9
of 10 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,002,898 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 43rd percentile – i.e., 43% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 335 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.7. This one is in the 47th percentile – i.e., 47% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 10 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one.

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