Top Articles (Article-Level Metrics)

 
 
Rank Article Tweets Tweets per MonthA
 Tweets Influence FactorB
 Twimpact Factor (tw7)C Twindex7D
 
1
Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact
Gunther Eysenbach
J Med Internet Res 2011;13(4):e123
(Dec 16, 2011)
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9 9.00 6.00 536 100
 
 
2
Adherence to a Smartphone Application for Weight Loss Compared to Website and Paper Diary: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Michelle Clare Carter, Victoria Jane Burley, Camilla Nykjaer, Janet Elizabeth Cade
J Med Internet Res 2013;15(4):e32
(Apr 15, 2013)
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24 24.00 49.00 205 100
 
 
3
Crowdsourcing Malaria Parasite Quantification: An Online Game for Analyzing Images of Infected Thick Blood Smears
Miguel Angel Luengo-Oroz, Asier Arranz, John Frean
J Med Internet Res 2012;14(6):e167
(Nov 29, 2012)
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1 1.00 0.00 176 100
 
 
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Understanding the Factors That Influence the Adoption and Meaningful Use of Social Media by Physicians to Share Medical Information
Brian S McGowan, Molly Wasko, Bryan Steven Vartabedian, Robert S Miller, Desirae D Freiherr, Maziar Abdolrasulnia
J Med Internet Res 2012;14(5):e117
(Sep 24, 2012)
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10 10.00 13.00 146 100
 
 
5
Increased Use of Twitter at a Medical Conference: A Report and a Review of the Educational Opportunities
Douglas RA McKendrick, Grant P Cumming, Amanda J Lee
J Med Internet Res 2012;14(6):e176
(Dec 11, 2012)
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2 2.00 0.00 107 95
 
 
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A New Dimension of Health Care: Systematic Review of the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Social Media for Health Communication
S Anne Moorhead, Diane E. Hazlett, Laura Harrison, Jennifer K Carroll, Anthea Irwin, Ciska Hoving
J Med Internet Res 2013;15(4):e85
(Apr 23, 2013)
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180 214.62 306.00 86 95
 
 
7
Patient Experiences With Full Electronic Access to Health Records and Clinical Notes Through the My HealtheVet Personal Health Record Pilot: Qualitative Study
Susan S Woods, Erin Schwartz, Anais Tuepker, Nancy A Press, Kim M Nazi, Carolyn L Turvey, W. Paul Nichol
J Med Internet Res 2013;15(3):e65
(Mar 27, 2013)
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14 14.00 14.00 72 100
 
 
8
Opportunities and Challenges for Smartphone Applications in Supporting Health Behavior Change: Qualitative Study
Laura Dennison, Leanne Morrison, Gemma Conway, Lucy Yardley
J Med Internet Res 2013;15(4):e86
(Apr 18, 2013)
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61 61.00 68.00 71 90
 
 
9
Crowdsourced Health Research Studies: An Important Emerging Complement to Clinical Trials in the Public Health Research Ecosystem
Melanie Swan
J Med Internet Res 2012;14(2):e46
(Mar 7, 2012)
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2 2.00 7.00 67 100
 
 
10
Correlates of Health-Related Social Media Use Among Adults
Rosemary Thackeray, Benjamin T. Crookston, Joshua H. West
J Med Internet Res 2013;15(1):e21
(Jan 30, 2013)
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2 2.00 6.00 56 100
 
 
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A Tweets per month statistic may be artifically inflated for newly published articles

B Tweets Influence Factor (TIF): number of tweets x avg. influence of tweeters (influence is determined by how often all tweets of that person are retweeted by others)

C Twimpact Factor (TWIF) tw7: Number of mentionings in tweets (tweetations) within first 7 days after article publication (Eysenbach 2011)

D Twindex7 (Eysenbach 2011): Rank percentile of this article when its twimpact factor (tw7) is compared to 19 previously published articles. Range 0-100, with higher scores reflecting higher impact on Twitter. Articles with a Twindex greater than 75 have a 75% chance of being highly cited (top quartile by citation), articles with a Twindex less than 75 have a 7% chance to be highly cited.