Who Are the Most Influential Emergency Physicians on Twitter?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Twitter has recently gained popularity in emergency medicine (EM). Opinion leaders on Twitter have significant influence on the conversation and content, yet little is known about these opinion leaders. We aimed to describe a methodology to identify the most influential emergency physicians (EP) on Twitter and present a current list.

Methods

We analyzed 2,234 English-language EPs on Twitter from a previously published list of Twitter accounts generated by a snowball sampling technique. Using NodeXL software, we performed a network analysis of these EPs and ranked them on three measures of influence: in-degree centrality, eigenvector centrality, and betweenness centrality. We analyzed the top 100 users in each of these three measures of influence and compiled a l

SUBMITTER: Riddell J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5305138 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature