Table 6.
Journals in the Twitter Index (n = 156) sorted by the average tweets per paper published in 2012
| Journal | Number of papers | Sum of tweets | Average tweets | Median number of tweets | Percentage of tweeted papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lancet | 239 | 11,246 | 47.1 | 21.0 | 100.0 |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 217 | 17,073 | 78.7 | 53.0 | 100.0 |
| Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 173 | 444 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 100.0 |
| British Dental Journal | 133 | 2129 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 100.0 |
| Cancer Cell | 114 | 797 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 100.0 |
| The Lancet Oncology | 107 | 1658 | 15.5 | 5.0 | 100.0 |
| Journal of Glaucoma | 101 | 222 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 100.0 |
| Age and Ageing | 147 | 734 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 99.3 |
| Science | 831 | 25,386 | 30.5 | 19.0 | 99.3 |
| BMC Medicine | 126 | 2048 | 16.3 | 8.0 | 99.2 |
| Cell Stem Cell | 122 | 1093 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 99.2 |
| Nature Climate Change | 120 | 3008 | 25.1 | 8.0 | 99.2 |
| Implementation Science | 119 | 1051 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 99.2 |
| PLoS Medicine | 115 | 3754 | 32.6 | 17.0 | 99.1 |
| Science Translational Medicine | 211 | 4995 | 23.7 | 16.0 | 99.1 |
| RNA | 201 | 716 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 99.0 |
| Journal of Medical Internet Research | 182 | 6398 | 35.2 | 19.0 | 98.9 |
| Pancreas | 174 | 249 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 98.9 |
| International Journal of Gynecological Cancer | 254 | 295 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 98.8 |
| British Medical Journal | 328 | 12,639 | 38.5 | 20.5 | 98.8 |
| Journal of the American Medical Association | 232 | 4382 | 18.9 | 8.5 | 98.7 |
| Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | 220 | 262 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 98.6 |
| Genome Biology | 140 | 1375 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 98.6 |
| Journal of Thoracic Oncology | 258 | 399 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 98.1 |
| Transplantation | 357 | 522 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 98.0 |
| International Journal of Public Health | 102 | 370 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 98.0 |
| Pediatric Emergency Care | 246 | 531 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 98.0 |
| Nature | 869 | 26,462 | 30.5 | 13.0 | 97.9 |
| Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 504 | 621 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 97.8 |
| Annals of Surgery | 301 | 1487 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 97.7 |
| Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics | 171 | 231 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 97.7 |
| BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | 159 | 1056 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 97.5 |
| Nature Geoscience | 148 | 1637 | 11.1 | 6.0 | 97.3 |
| Clinical Journal of Pain | 109 | 400 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 97.2 |
| Obesity Surgery | 246 | 625 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 97.2 |
| Archives of Internal Medicine | 103 | 2491 | 24.2 | 4.0 | 97.1 |
| Genome Research | 238 | 1990 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 97.1 |
| Nature Medicine | 164 | 2890 | 17.6 | 11.0 | 97.0 |
| Anesthesiology | 219 | 572 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 96.8 |
| Psychological Science | 213 | 7024 | 33.0 | 11.0 | 96.7 |
| Cell | 415 | 6337 | 15.3 | 7.0 | 96.4 |
| Genes, Brain and Behavior | 106 | 246 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 96.2 |
| Obesity Reviews | 101 | 929 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 96.0 |
| Nature Cell Biology | 126 | 594 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 96.0 |
| Journal of Nuclear Medicine | 242 | 451 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 95.9 |
| Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation | 142 | 200 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 95.8 |
| British Journal of Psychiatry, The | 117 | 1214 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 95.7 |
| BMC Infectious Diseases | 391 | 1157 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 95.7 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology | 138 | 153 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 95.7 |
| Microbes and Infection | 160 | 463 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 95.6 |
| PLoS Biology | 152 | 2799 | 18.4 | 7.0 | 95.4 |
| Journal of Spinal Disorders | 105 | 209 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 95.2 |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute | 124 | 888 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 95.2 |
| Nature Genetics | 225 | 1963 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 95.1 |
| Clinical Nuclear Medicine | 118 | 258 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 94.9 |
| Organometallics | 998 | 1105 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 94.9 |
| Health Affairs | 268 | 5165 | 19.3 | 9.0 | 94.8 |
| Nature Methods | 150 | 974 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 94.7 |
| BMC Psychiatry | 236 | 1400 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 94.5 |
| Critical Care Medicine | 363 | 1427 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 94.5 |
| Nuclear Medicine Communications | 160 | 361 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 94.4 |
| Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition | 283 | 754 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 94.3 |
| Inorganic Chemistry | 1560 | 1785 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 94.2 |
| Neurology | 389 | 3051 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 94.1 |
| Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology | 135 | 258 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 94.1 |
| Canadian Medical Association Journal | 114 | 1897 | 16.6 | 7.0 | 93.9 |
| Aging Cell | 112 | 359 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 93.8 |
| International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation | 140 | 178 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 93.6 |
| Macromolecular Bioscience | 166 | 175 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 93.4 |
| Immunity | 164 | 520 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 93.3 |
| BMC Neurology | 163 | 578 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 93.3 |
| Journal of Applied Ecology | 156 | 924 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 92.9 |
| Advanced Energy Materials | 169 | 184 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 92.9 |
| American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 325 | 6421 | 19.8 | 6.0 | 92.6 |
| International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 148 | 1372 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 92.6 |
| Scientific Reports | 794 | 12,934 | 16.3 | 3.0 | 91.9 |
| The American Journal of Human Genetics | 223 | 1163 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 91.9 |
| Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | 195 | 369 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 91.3 |
| Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | 160 | 318 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 91.3 |
| Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry | 228 | 242 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 91.2 |
| Neuro-Oncology | 159 | 282 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 91.2 |
| Journal of Clinical Investigation | 394 | 1543 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 91.1 |
| Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | 101 | 200 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 91.1 |
| Ecology Letters | 166 | 1054 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 91.0 |
| Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 261 | 254 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 90.8 |
| Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking | 107 | 1359 | 12.7 | 3.0 | 90.7 |
| Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics | 265 | 260 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 90.6 |
| Science Signaling | 180 | 1432 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 90.6 |
| Nature Chemistry | 126 | 804 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 90.5 |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | 125 | 655 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 90.4 |
| Nature Neuroscience | 225 | 2715 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 90.2 |
| Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | 131 | 1970 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 90.1 |
| Steel Research International: A journal for steel and related materials | 131 | 125 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 90.1 |
| Medical Care | 179 | 353 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 89.9 |
| Nature Photonics | 118 | 448 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 89.8 |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | 134 | 350 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 89.6 |
| Dalton Transactions | 1709 | 1783 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 89.5 |
| British Journal of Sports Medicine | 198 | 3329 | 16.8 | 5.0 | 89.4 |
| Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 2227 | 4408 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 89.1 |
| World Journal of Surgical Oncology | 276 | 402 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 89.1 |
| The Oncologist | 180 | 612 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 88.3 |
| Nature Chemical Biology | 128 | 458 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 88.3 |
| BMC Public Health | 1125 | 5718 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 88.3 |
| Journal of Asthma | 152 | 635 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 88.2 |
| Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 310 | 4307 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 88.1 |
| Nutrition Journal | 114 | 1497 | 13.1 | 5.0 | 87.7 |
| Free Radical Research | 137 | 138 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 87.6 |
| Chemistry Central Journal | 177 | 224 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 87.6 |
| Virology Journal | 320 | 679 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 87.5 |
| Shock | 183 | 220 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 87.4 |
| BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 164 | 865 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 87.2 |
| Pediatric Allergy and Immunology | 109 | 650 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 87.2 |
| American Journal of Clinical Oncology | 101 | 103 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 87.1 |
| Annals of Plastic Surgery | 250 | 264 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 86.8 |
| BMC Family Practice | 128 | 491 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 86.7 |
| Pain | 269 | 1001 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 86.6 |
| Pediatric Anesthesia | 170 | 316 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 86.5 |
| Journal of Clinical Psychology | 110 | 354 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 86.4 |
| Allergy | 194 | 1025 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 86.1 |
| Spine | 557 | 1852 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 86.0 |
| Critical Care (BMC) | 298 | 1041 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 85.9 |
| Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research | 390 | 3719 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 85.9 |
| Journal of Nutrition | 311 | 1089 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 85.9 |
| Journal of Experimental Medicine | 190 | 484 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 85.8 |
| European Journal of Neuroscience | 359 | 1050 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 85.5 |
| Journal of Hospital Medicine | 130 | 671 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 85.4 |
| Medical Education | 116 | 476 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 85.3 |
| Macromolecular Materials and Engineering | 116 | 107 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 85.3 |
| Psychosomatic Medicine | 122 | 333 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 85.2 |
| Clinical and Experimental Allergy | 169 | 722 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 85.2 |
| Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications | 229 | 224 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 84.3 |
| Nature Nanotechnology | 120 | 908 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 84.2 |
| Journal of Organometallic Chemistry | 410 | 362 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 84.1 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 307 | 1749 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 84.0 |
| Anaesthesia | 149 | 413 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 83.9 |
| Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery | 130 | 212 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 83.8 |
| Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 123 | 535 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 83.7 |
| Cell Reports | 242 | 839 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 83.5 |
| Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | 121 | 508 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 83.5 |
| Journal of Ecology | 139 | 390 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 83.5 |
| Anesthesia and Analgesia | 300 | 641 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 83.3 |
| Molecular Cell | 296 | 729 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 83.1 |
| Coordination Chemistry Reviews | 136 | 148 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 83.1 |
| Therapeutic Drug Monitoring | 103 | 209 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 82.5 |
| Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology | 103 | 190 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 82.5 |
| Annals of Pharmacotherapy, The | 181 | 467 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 82.3 |
| Pediatrics | 698 | 8318 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 82.2 |
| Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology | 145 | 684 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 82.1 |
| Brain | 280 | 1160 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 81.8 |
| Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association | 186 | 1058 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 81.7 |
| Conservation Biology | 114 | 420 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 81.6 |
| Nature Immunology | 124 | 319 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 81.5 |
| Plant Journal | 345 | 769 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 80.9 |
| American Journal of Psychiatry, The | 108 | 451 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 80.6 |
| Neuron | 340 | 2346 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 80.3 |
| Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 141 | 1084 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 80.1 |