Table 3.
Correlation between Twitter activity (impressions) and PubMed publications and between Twitter activity (impressions) and preprints by organ system. Italicized values indicate statistical significance.
| Organ system | Impressions and PubMed publications (ρ) | P value | Impressions and preprints (ρ) | P value | |
| Overall trend | 0.56 | <.001 | 0.54 | <.001 | |
| Trend by organ system | |||||
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Pulmonology or critical care | 0.8 | .001 | 0.8 | .002 |
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Luminal gastroenterology | 0.7 | .009 | 0.7 | .006 |
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Hepatology | 0.7 | .005 | 0.7 | .006 |
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Inflammatory bowel disease | 0.8 | .004 | 0.4 | .20 |
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Pancreatology | 0.5 | .07 | 0.3 | .30 |
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Gastrointestinal endoscopy | 0.8 | .004 | 0.7 | .02 |