Making headlines: an analysis of US government-funded cancer research mentioned in online media.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterise how online media coverage of journal articles on cancer funded by the US government varies by cancer type and stage of the cancer control continuum and to compare the disease prevalence rates with the amount of funded research published for each cancer type and with the amount of media attention each receives.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

The United States.

Participants

The subject of analysis was 11 436 journal articles on cancer funded by the US government published in 2016. These articles were identified via PubMed and characterised as receiving online media attention based on data provided by Altmetric.

Results

16.8% (n=1925) of articles published on US government-funded research were covered in the media. Publish

SUBMITTER: Maggio LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368156 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature