If I tweet will you cite? The effect of social media exposure of articles on downloads and citations.
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2016
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Article
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English
Abstract
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We sought to investigate whether exposing scientific papers to social media (SM) has an effect on article downloads and citations.
Methods
We randomized all International Journal of Public Health (IJPH) original articles published between
December 2012 and December 2014 to SM exposure (blog post, Twitter and Facebook) or no exposure at three different time points after first online publication.
Results 130 papers (SM exposure = 65, control = 65) were randomized. The number of downloads did not differ significantly between groups (p = 0.60) nor did the number of citations (p = 0.88). Adjusting for length of observation and paper’s geographical origin did not change these results. There was no difference in the number of downloads and citations between the SM exposure and
control group when we stratified for open access status. The number of downloads and number of citations were significantly correlated in both groups.
We sought to investigate whether exposing scientific papers to social media (SM) has an effect on article downloads and citations.
Methods
We randomized all International Journal of Public Health (IJPH) original articles published between
December 2012 and December 2014 to SM exposure (blog post, Twitter and Facebook) or no exposure at three different time points after first online publication.
Results 130 papers (SM exposure = 65, control = 65) were randomized. The number of downloads did not differ significantly between groups (p = 0.60) nor did the number of citations (p = 0.88). Adjusting for length of observation and paper’s geographical origin did not change these results. There was no difference in the number of downloads and citations between the SM exposure and
control group when we stratified for open access status. The number of downloads and number of citations were significantly correlated in both groups.
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International Journal of Public Health
ISSN
1661-8556 (Print) 1661-8564 (Online)
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61
Issue
4
Publisher
Springer
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Tonia, T., Van Oyen, H., Berger, A., Schindler, C., & Künzli, N. (2016). If I tweet will you cite? The effect of social media exposure of articles on downloads and citations. In International Journal of Public Health (Vol. 61, Issue 4, pp. 513–520). Springer. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.6085
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