Social media use and Pediatric Research articles: examining engagement via X and traditional academic metrics.

O'Reilly, Daniel; Babata, Kikelomo; Roland, Damian · Pediatr Res · 2026

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Abstract

Social media is often lauded as a tool for effective science communication There is anecdotal evidence that science communication has changed on social media since the movement from "chronological" timelines to "algorithmic" timelines We demonstrate for 2023-24, there was limited evidence for correlation between social media metrics and article accesses/citations.

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