Relationship between internal medicine journals’ activity on social networks and the citations they receive

M.M. Bustos-Claro; V. Ávila; D.G. Fernández-Ávila; Ó. Muñoz-Velandia; Á.A. García

doi:10.1016/j.rce.2020.10.007

Relationship between internal medicine journals’ activity on social networks and the citations they receive

Título traducido de la contribución: Relación entre la actividad en las redes sociales de las revistas de medicina interna y las citaciones que reciben

M.M. Bustos-Claro, V. Ávila, D.G. Fernández-Ávila, Ó. Muñoz-Velandia, Á.A. García

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Antecedentes y objetivo: Las redes sociales son medios de divulgación de información científica. Se han generado métricas alternativas que evalúan el impacto de publicaciones científicas en redes sociales. Este estudio busca evaluar si existe correlación entre la actividad de las revistas de medicina interna en las redes sociales y las métricas tradicionales basadas en citaciones. Métodos: Se identificaron las revistas de medicina interna a partir de la base de datos SCImago. Se extrajo información de las métricas tradicionales y alternativas de actividad de las revistas en Facebook, Twitter, YouTube e Instagram. Se evaluó correlación mediante el coeficiente de Spearman. Resultados: De un total de 134 revistas de medicina interna, 17 contaban con presencia en las redes sociales evaluadas. El índice SJR fue más alto en revistas con red social vs. sin red social (59 vs. 18, p < 0,0001), y la correlación global entre el índice SJR y el número de seguidores/ano˜ en Facebook fue muy fuerte (coeficiente de Spearman 0,95, p< 0,05) y fuerte para el número de seguidores/ano˜ en Twitter (coeficiente de Spearman 0,54, p < 0,05). Conclusiones: Nuestro estudio sugiere que existe una correlación muy fuerte entre las métricas de actividad de las redes sociales, comparado con las métricas tradicionales basadas en el número de citaciones en revistas de medicina interna.

Título traducido de la contribución	Relación entre la actividad en las redes sociales de las revistas de medicina interna y las citaciones que reciben
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	31-36
Número de páginas	6
Publicación	Revista Clinica Espanola
Volumen	222
N.º	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rce.2020.10.007
Estado	Publicada - ene. 2022

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