Abstract
Background: Rheumatology journals are exploring social media presence, though currently less than a third have dedicated social media editors.
Methods: A survey was conducted among the attendees of the Indian Rheumatology Association annual meet 2019 held at Puducherry, to assess the attitudes and perceptions of a target audience.
Results: There were 111 respondents, 90 practicing rheumatology and 21 from allied fields. Around threequarters (76.6%) have never subscribed to hard copies of any journal and 65% followed at least one medical journal on at least one social media platform; 87% preferred visual cues for learning and 95% felt the need for visual abstracts to promote articles on social media. Two-thirds (64%) felt that Altmetrics® might reflect the impact of an article better than the number of times it is cited.
Conclusion: Thus, the survey strengthened the felt need of rheumatology journals to have a presence on the social media. This presence ought to be supported by a strategy, including the active use of visual abstracts.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 171-174 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Indian Journal of Rheumatology |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2020 |
Keywords
- attitude
- congress
- Indian Rheumatology Association
- rheumatology journals
- social media
- social networking