Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Social Media and Research Publication Activity During Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Trend Analysis |
| Authors: |
Sonia L Taneja, Monica Passi, Sumona Bhattacharya, Samuel A Schueler, Sandeep Gurram, Christopher Koh |
| Source: |
Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol 23, Iss 6, p e26956 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
JMIR Publications, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of rapid dissemination of scientific and medical discoveries. Current platforms available for the distribution of scientific and clinical research data and information include preprint repositories and traditional peer-reviewed journals. In recent times, social media has emerged as a helpful platform to share scientific and medical discoveries. ObjectiveThis study aimed to comparatively analyze activity on social media (specifically, Twitter) and that related to publications in the form of preprint and peer-reviewed journal articles in the context of COVID-19 and gastroenterology during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. MethodsCOVID-19–related data from Twitter (tweets and user data) and articles published in preprint servers (bioRxiv and medRxiv) as well as in the PubMed database were collected and analyzed during the first 6 months of the pandemic, from December 2019 through May 2020. Global and regional geographic and gastrointestinal organ–specific social media trends were compared to preprint and publication activity. Any relationship between Twitter activity and preprint articles published and that between Twitter activity and PubMed articles published overall, by organ system, and by geographic location were identified using Spearman’s rank-order correlation. ResultsOver the 6-month period, 73,079 tweets from 44,609 users, 7164 journal publications, and 4702 preprint publications were retrieved. Twitter activity (ie, number of tweets) peaked in March 2020, whereas preprint and publication activity (ie, number of articles published) peaked in April 2020. Overall, strong correlations were identified between trends in Twitter activity and preprint and publication activity (P |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1438-8871 |
| Relation: |
https://www.jmir.org/2021/6/e26956; https://doaj.org/toc/1438-8871 |
| DOI: |
10.2196/26956 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/8b50d13a822a48f99c343de2d9041e5e |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.8b50d13a822a48f99c343de2d9041e5e |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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