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Who is Disseminating the Most Popular Articles in Urogynecology?

Friday, October 6, 2023

10:05 AM – 10:15 AM US PST

Location: Oregon Ballroom

Presenting Author(s)

Stephanie N. Williams, MD (she/her/hers)

Resident
Mount Sinai
New York City, New York, United States

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Co-Author(s)

Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald, MD FACOG FPMRS (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor, OB/GYN/RS; Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
UPMC Magee- Womens Hospital University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Disclosure(s):

Stephanie N. Williams, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald, MD FACOG FPMRS: Function Better: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Objectives: Despite a total of 790,350 page views per month, little has been reported about the demographics of the parties accessing and sharing articles published in Urogynecology. The Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) is both a quantitative and qualitative measure of the articles’ online attention in social media and news outlets, blogs, and reference managers. The aim of this study is to determine which articles are garnering the most attention online, where they are being shared, and the demographics of the readership. This information can provide crucial insight into the potential impact of articles being published in Urogynecology.

Methods: Using Dimensions, a “linked research knowledge system,” data was extracted from each of the 50 articles within Urogynecology with the highest AAS. No articles were excluded. Data was collected from Dimensions about each article’s readership demographics on twitter and other media sources. Data was also collected about each article's Mendeley readers and Dimension Citations. The articles were categorized by topic and the articles' metrics were compared among categories.

Results: The 50 articles in Urogynecology with the highest AAS were analyzed. Twelve were categorized as urinary urgency and incontinence (24%), nine as pelvic floor rehabilitation and postpartum (18%), seven as surgery (14%), five as urinary tract infections and microbiome (10%), five as mesh (10%), three as consensus statements and systematic reviews (6%), two as social justice in medicine (4%), two as fecal incontinence (4%), two as sexual health and education (4%), two as pelvic organ prolapse (4%), and one as bladder pain (2%). Those about Sexual Health and Education had the highest average AAS. Those about Social Justice in Medicine were, on average, most tweeted about. Regardless of category, the majority of tweets were composed by members of the public (56.86%) compared to healthcare practitioners (14.82%), scientists (13.94%), and science communicators (12.3%). Sexual Health and Education articles had the highest proportion of the general public as tweeters (91.5%), while Urinary Urgency and Incontinence articles had the highest proportion of healthcare professionals as tweeters (20%). Articles about Sexual Health and Education had the highest average number of followers reached by tweets about them and the highest average follower count per tweeter sharing information about the articles. The majority of news, blog posts, and Facebook posts were made about Sexual Health and Education articles. Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation and Postpartum articles had the highest average number of Mendeley Readers and Dimension Citations per article.

Conclusions: The category with the highest average Altmetric Attention Score in this analysis was Sexual Health and Education, which may be underrepresented within the journal of Urogynecology. We also observed a difference between which articles are generating online attention among the general public and among healthcare professionals. The general public represented greater than 50% of the audience sharing articles online regardless of article topic, indicating that healthcare professionals could contribute more to education and information dissemination in these spaces.