Popular orthodontic research on Twitter/X: are scholars and the public in sync?

IF 2.7 3区医学 Q1 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

European journal of orthodontics Pub Date : 2025-09-17 DOI:10.1093/ejo/cjaf067

Christos Livas, Nikolaos Pandis, Konstantina Delli

{"title":"Popular orthodontic research on Twitter/X: are scholars and the public in sync?","authors":"Christos Livas, Nikolaos Pandis, Konstantina Delli","doi":"10.1093/ejo/cjaf067","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study aimed at mapping bibliometric networks and analysing citation impact of the most popular orthodontic articles on Twitter/X.Methods: The top 100 original research articles and systematic reviews/meta-analyses with the most tweets published in the orthodontic journals included in Journal Citation Reports 2023 were retrieved from Altmetric Explorer. Associations were investigated using a random forest algorithm (Boruta) between publication details, Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) and X posts or Web of Science (WoS) citations while co-authorship and keyword networks were visualized using VOSviewer software.Results: The sample of most-tweeted articles were assigned a median AAS of 7 [interquartile range (IQR); 5, 14], 8 (IQR; 6, 11) X posts and 21 (IQR; 8, 44) WoS citations. Most of the articles referred to human research, originated from European affiliations, authored by more than four scholars, and were published within 10 years prior to search date. AAS and time since publication were confirmed as important article attributes in predicting the number of X posts. Article type, subject, and time since publication were important factors in predicting WoS citation counts received.Conclusions: Top 100 orthodontic articles on X involved clinical studies and broad author collaborations. Citation count prediction could not be indicated by the popularity of articles on the platform. X engagement and research priorities of scholars need to be re-evaluated to increase the public relevance of orthodontic research.","PeriodicalId":11989,"journal":{"name":"European journal of orthodontics","volume":"47 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European journal of orthodontics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ejo/cjaf067","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed at mapping bibliometric networks and analysing citation impact of the most popular orthodontic articles on Twitter/X.

Methods: The top 100 original research articles and systematic reviews/meta-analyses with the most tweets published in the orthodontic journals included in Journal Citation Reports 2023 were retrieved from Altmetric Explorer. Associations were investigated using a random forest algorithm (Boruta) between publication details, Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) and X posts or Web of Science (WoS) citations while co-authorship and keyword networks were visualized using VOSviewer software.

Results: The sample of most-tweeted articles were assigned a median AAS of 7 [interquartile range (IQR); 5, 14], 8 (IQR; 6, 11) X posts and 21 (IQR; 8, 44) WoS citations. Most of the articles referred to human research, originated from European affiliations, authored by more than four scholars, and were published within 10 years prior to search date. AAS and time since publication were confirmed as important article attributes in predicting the number of X posts. Article type, subject, and time since publication were important factors in predicting WoS citation counts received.

Conclusions: Top 100 orthodontic articles on X involved clinical studies and broad author collaborations. Citation count prediction could not be indicated by the popularity of articles on the platform. X engagement and research priorities of scholars need to be re-evaluated to increase the public relevance of orthodontic research.

查看原文本刊更多论文

推特/X上流行的正畸研究：学者和公众同步吗？

目的：本研究旨在绘制文献计量网络并分析Twitter/X上最受欢迎的正畸文章的引用影响。方法：从Altmetric Explorer中检索《Journal Citation Reports 2023》中正畸期刊发表的前100篇原创研究文章和推文最多的系统评价/meta分析。使用随机森林算法（Boruta）调查发表细节、Altmetric注意力评分（AAS）与X篇文章或Web of Science （WoS）引用之间的关联，同时使用VOSviewer软件对合著者和关键词网络进行可视化。结果：推特数最多的文章样本的平均AAS值为7[四分位间距（IQR）]；[5,14], 8 （IQR; 6,11）篇文章和21 （IQR; 8,44）篇WoS引用。大多数文章涉及人类研究，来自欧洲的附属机构，由四位以上的学者撰写，并在检索日期前10年内发表。确认AAS和发表时间是预测X篇文章数量的重要文章属性。文章类型、主题和发表时间是预测WoS引用数的重要因素。结论：前100名正畸文章涉及临床研究和广泛的作者合作。引用数预测不能用文章在平台上的受欢迎程度来表示。需要重新评估学者的X参与和研究重点，以增加正畸研究的公共相关性。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

European journal of orthodontics 医学-牙科与口腔外科

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

7.70%

发文量

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The European Journal of Orthodontics publishes papers of excellence on all aspects of orthodontics including craniofacial development and growth. The emphasis of the journal is on full research papers. Succinct and carefully prepared papers are favoured in terms of impact as well as readability.