Is oral and maxillofacial surgery lagging behind other specialties on X?

IF 1.7 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery-Heidelberg Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI:10.1007/s10006-025-01359-x

Boyu Ma, Jamie Rose, Edwin M Rojas, Jaime Castro-Núñez

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Abstract

Purpose: X, formerly known as Twitter, is a popular social media platform that facilitates oral and maxillofacial surgeons to disseminate a wide array of information to a global audience. The purpose of this study is to identify the top influencers in oral and maxillofacial surgery on X, characterize who they are, and relate their social media influence to academic influence.

Methods: We utilized the "BuzzSumo" Application Programming Interface to identify the most followed accounts for the topic search "oral and maxillofacial surgery." A secondary calculator from the Mention API was used to assign a numerical score of "influence" based on their algorithm. The top 100 accounts associated with the highest engagement scores were characterized by name, status as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon/organization, location, and academic h-index.

Results: We found that 52/100 (52%) of users/organizations were oral and maxillofacial surgeons/residents. There was no significant correlation between the h-index and the X engagement score, R² = 0.8316 (P = 0.088). In comparison, other specialties have a higher percentage of practitioners using X and have found a correlation between h-index and X engagement score.

Conclusion: Our results indicate there is a demonstrated need for the creation of more educational content from high-ranking academic sources.

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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery-Heidelberg DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE-

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期刊介绍： Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery founded as Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie is a peer-reviewed online journal. It is designed for clinicians as well as researchers.The quarterly journal offers comprehensive coverage of new techniques, important developments and innovative ideas in oral and maxillofacial surgery and interdisciplinary aspects of cranial, facial and oral diseases and their management. The journal publishes papers of the highest scientific merit and widest possible scope on work in oral and maxillofacial surgery as well as supporting specialties. Practice-oriented articles help improve the methods used in oral and maxillofacial surgery.Every aspect of oral and maxillofacial surgery is fully covered through a range of invited review articles, clinical and research articles, technical notes, abstracts, and case reports. Specific topics are: aesthetic facial surgery, clinical pathology, computer-assisted surgery, congenital and craniofacial deformities, dentoalveolar surgery, head and neck oncology, implant dentistry, oral medicine, orthognathic surgery, reconstructive surgery, skull base surgery, TMJ and trauma.Time-limited reviewing and electronic processing allow to publish articles as fast as possible. Accepted articles are rapidly accessible online.Clinical studies submitted for publication have to include a declaration that they have been approved by an ethical committee according to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki 1964 (last amendment during the 52nd World Medical Association General Assembly, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2000). Experimental animal studies have to be carried out according to the principles of laboratory animal care (NIH publication No 86-23, revised 1985).