TY - JOUR AU - So, Wei Zheng AU - Tiong, Ho Yee AU - Gauhar, Vineet AU - Castellani, Daniele AU - Teoh, Jeremy YC PY - 2023/03/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Social Media Engagement for Urology Journals — A Correlation Analysis of Traditional and Social Media Metrics JF - Société Internationale d'Urologie Journal JA - Soc Int Urol J VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - Original Research DO - 10.48083//DMPR4183 UR - https://siuj.org/index.php/siuj/article/view/244 SP - 88-95 AB - Introduction The growing adoption of social media (SoMe) by the scientific community has cemented the role ofSoMe in information dissemination and engagement of academic work. The objective of this study is to evaluate therelationship between traditional and alternative SoMe metrics of urology journals.Methods Urology journals listed on the SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) electronic portal were selectedand data pertaining to traditional metrics were collected. Official SoMe platforms of eligible journals were identifiedand indicators of online activity were recorded. Correlations between traditional metrics (SJR, h-index, and ScopusCiteScore) and social metrics were performed via Spearman rank-order correlation.Results Of 107 journals, 54.2% of journals had at least one form of SoMe presence. The median SJR (0.535 versus0.334, P = 0.005), h-index (34 versus 20, P = 0.001), and Scopus CiteScore (3.25 versus 2.20, P = 0.014) were significantlyhigher among journals with SoMe networks. All 3 traditional indicators demonstrated strong global correlations withvarious Twitter-based metrics (rs = 0.428 to 0.571). In particular, SoMe journals with more than 3000 citations in theprevious 3 years also displayed very strong correlations between all 3 traditional metrics and alternative social metrics(rs = 0.714 to 0.821).Conclusions Journals with SoMe presence had significantly higher traditional metric values (SJR, h-index, andCiteScore) compared to journals without SoMe presence. Strong, positive correlations between citation-based andalternative social metrics were also observed. Alternative social metrics may be harnessed as supplemental indicatorsof a journal’s scientific impact. ER -