• World Neurosurg · Aug 2024

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    Neurosurgery and social media: A bibliometric analysis of scientific production from 2004-2023.

    • Muhammad Abdullah, Bilal Ahmad, Zarnab Tufail, Minaam Farooq, Kaleem Ullah Ranjha, Gianluca Scalia, Samer S Hoz, and Ahmad Azam Malik.
    • Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental College, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan.
    • World Neurosurg. 2024 Aug 1; 188: 455445-54.

    BackgroundNeurosurgery is a rapidly advancing surgical specialty. Social media has significantly impacted the landscape of advancements in the field of neurosurgery. Research on the subject of neurosurgery and social media plays a vital role in combating disability and mortality due to neurological diseases, especially in trauma-affected individuals by increasing cooperation and sharing of clinical experiences between neurosurgeons via social media. This study aimed to evaluate the global neurosurgery and social media research performance from 2004 to 2023.MethodsAll the data for neurosurgery and social media-related research publications from 2004 to 2023 were extracted from the Web of Science database and a comprehensive analysis was performed on the R-bibliometrix package.ResultsAn increasing number of publications with an annual growth rate of 22.04% was observed, with >91% of total articles published in the last decade. The United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Canada, and India made up of more than 67% of the global contribution. Out of 1449 authors, Chaurasia B was the most productive with 14 publications and the most globally cited document was JEAN WC, 2020 with 117 citations. The University of Cambridge was the leading institutional affiliation. World Neurosurgery was the most productive with >60 articles.ConclusionsExploring neurosurgery on social media enhances global collaboration, utilizing dynamic platforms for real-time knowledge exchange and holds immense potential for the field's global advancement.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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