Over the last decade, social media has transformed how we communicate in the medical
community. Microblogging through platforms such as Twitter has made social media a …

Purpose As social media are essentially different from traditional media, due to their social
networking structures and egalitarian nature, conventional media metrics are not …

Social networks have become important platforms for the marketing and sale of illicit drugs.
Hashtags make it easier for users to engage in drug trafficking, further increasing the risk of …

Background Alternative metrics to traditional, citation-based metrics are increasingly being
used. These are complementary to traditional metrics, like downloads and citations, and give …

Abstract Background Although Altmetric has been widely used by researchers to monitor the
audience of their articles, there are no studies that have analysed factors associated with …

COVID-19 has created new challenges and opportunities regarding the way in which
programs and applicants will interact in the 2020-2021 otolaryngology residency match …

The internet and social media have changed the way society communicates, requiring the
nursing workforce to develop effective digital literacy skills and attain levels of e …

Objectives Traditional knowledge dissemination methods have been ineffective in leading to
timely and widespread changes in clinical practice. Social media have the potential to reach …

BACKGROUND: Twitter in anesthesiology conferences promotes rapid science
dissemination, global audience participation, and real-time updates of simultaneous …

Professional medical conferences over the past five years have seen an enormous increase
in the use of Twitter in real-time, also known as “live-tweeting”. At the United States and …