• The aim of this research was to assess the emerging use of Twitter by urological journals.
• The test was performed by a search of the Journal of Citation Reports 2012 was performed to identify urological journals. These journals were then searched on Twitter.com. To evaluate the content, over a 6-month period (November 2013 to April 2014), all tweets were scrutinised on the journals Twitter profiles. To assess.
• The results showed statistically significant changes in all, 33 urological journals were identified. The mean (range) number of tweets and followers was 557 and 1845. The mean (range) age of the twitter profiles was average 0.88 tweets/day. Over a 6-month period, November 2013 to April 2014, the median (range) number of tweets per profile was 82 and the median (range) number of articles linked to tweets was 73. Of these 710 articles, 152 were Level 1 evidence-based articles, 101 Level 2, 278 Level 3 and 179 Level 4. The median (range) Klout score was 47. The Klout scores of major journals did not exactly mirror their impact factors.
• In Conclusion this study shows that increasingly becoming an adjunct to traditional teaching methods, due to its convenient and user-friendly platform. Recently, many of the leading urological journals have used Twitter to highlight significant articles of interest to readers.
• The aim of this research was to assess the emerging use of Twitter by urological journals.• The test was performed by a search of the Journal of Citation Reports 2012 was performed to identify urological journals. These journals were then searched on Twitter.com. To evaluate the content, over a 6-month period (November 2013 to April 2014), all tweets were scrutinised on the journals Twitter profiles. To assess. • The results showed statistically significant changes in all, 33 urological journals were identified. The mean (range) number of tweets and followers was 557 and 1845. The mean (range) age of the twitter profiles was average 0.88 tweets/day. Over a 6-month period, November 2013 to April 2014, the median (range) number of tweets per profile was 82 and the median (range) number of articles linked to tweets was 73. Of these 710 articles, 152 were Level 1 evidence-based articles, 101 Level 2, 278 Level 3 and 179 Level 4. The median (range) Klout score was 47. The Klout scores of major journals did not exactly mirror their impact factors.• In Conclusion this study shows that increasingly becoming an adjunct to traditional teaching methods, due to its convenient and user-friendly platform. Recently, many of the leading urological journals have used Twitter to highlight significant articles of interest to readers.
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