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@AACAnatomy twitter account goes live: A sustainable social media model for professional societies

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical Anatomy, December 2017
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Title
@AACAnatomy twitter account goes live: A sustainable social media model for professional societies
Published in
Clinical Anatomy, December 2017
DOI 10.1002/ca.23024
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Authors

Hannah K. Benjamin, Danielle F. Royer

Abstract

Social media, with its capabilities of fast, global information sharing, provides a useful medium for professional development, connecting and collaborating with peers, and outreach. The goals of this study were to describe a new, sustainable model for Twitter use by professional societies, and analyze its impact on @AACAnatomy, the Twitter account of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists. Under supervision of an Association committee member, an anatomy graduate student developed a protocol for publishing daily tweets for @AACAnatomy. Five tweet categories were used: Research, Announcements, Replies, Engagement, and Community. Analytics from the six month pilot phase were used to assess the impact of the new model. @AACAnatomy had a steady average growth of 33 new followers per month, with less than 10% likely representing Association members. Research tweets, based on Clinical Anatomy articles with an abstract link, were the most shared, averaging 5,451 impressions, 31 link clicks, and 9 #ClinAnat hashtag clicks per month. However, tweets from non-Research categories accounted for the highest impression and engagement metrics in four out of six months. For all tweet categories, monthly averages show consistent interaction of followers with the account. Daily tweet publication resulted in a 103% follower increase. An active Twitter account successfully facilitated regular engagement with @AACAnatomy followers and the promotion of clinical anatomy topics within a broad community. This Twitter model has the potential for implementation by other societies as a sustainable medium for outreach, networking, collaboration, and member engagement. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 20 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 5 25%
Student > Bachelor 3 15%
Student > Master 3 15%
Lecturer 1 5%
Librarian 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 6 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 4 20%
Computer Science 2 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 5%
Other 3 15%
Unknown 7 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. 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 23 October 2019.
All research outputs
#4,176,370
of 24,950,117 outputs
Outputs from Clinical Anatomy
#190
of 1,348 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#83,604
of 451,743 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical Anatomy
#6
of 29 outputs
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