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. 2021 Jun 17;23(6):e26956. doi: 10.2196/26956

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

Pulmonology or critical care 0.8 .001 0.8 .002

Luminal gastroenterology 0.7 .009 0.7 .006

Hepatology 0.7 .005 0.7 .006

Inflammatory bowel disease 0.8 .004 0.4 .20

Pancreatology 0.5 .07 0.3 .30

Gastrointestinal endoscopy 0.8 .004 0.7 .02