Report for: The academic tweet: Twitter as a tool to advance academic surgery

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Title	The academic tweet: Twitter as a tool to advance academic surgery
Published in	Journal of Surgical Research, June 2018
DOI	10.1016/j.jss.2018.03.049
Pubmed ID	29622401
Authors	Heather J. Logghe, Luke V. Selby, Marissa A. Boeck, Nikki L. Stamp, Jason Chuen, Christian Jones
Abstract	Social media, Twitter in particular, has emerged as an essential tool for surgeons. In the realm of academic surgery, it enables surgeons to advance the core values of academic surgery, as outlined by the Association for Academic Surgery: inclusion, leadership, innovation, scholarship, and mentorship. This article details the ways in which surgeons are using Twitter to embody these values and how the Twitter account for the Association of Academic Surgeons accomplishes its goal of inspiring and developing young academic surgeons.

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Twitter Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 338 tweeters who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.

Geographical breakdown

Country	Count	As %
United States	134	40%
United Kingdom	19	6%
Australia	16	5%
Spain	16	5%
Mexico	12	4%
Colombia	6	2%
Canada	6	2%
Brazil	4	1%
Italy	4	1%
Other	32	9%
Unknown	89	26%

Demographic breakdown

Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	164	49%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	94	28%
Scientists	66	20%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	13	4%
Unknown	1	<1%

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country	Count	As %
Unknown	86	100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Bachelor	12	14%
Student > Ph. D. Student	10	12%
Other	8	9%
Student > Postgraduate	7	8%
Student > Doctoral Student	6	7%
Other	24	28%
Unknown	19	22%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	27	31%
Social Sciences	8	9%
Business, Management and Accounting	4	5%
Nursing and Health Professions	4	5%
Computer Science	4	5%
Other	12	14%
Unknown	27	31%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 224. 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 14 July 2022.

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#11

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#3,727

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The academic tweet: Twitter as a tool to advance academic surgery

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